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Founded by the Roman emperor Justinian in the sixth century, the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai is one of the most famous monasteries in the world and a place whose celebrated manuscript collection is of profound importance for a number of academic fields. A series of workshops at Princeton will highlight the recent, spectacular findings of the Sinai Palimpsests Project, illustrating the methods of multi-spectral imaging and image-processing, along with cataloging and paleographic work with Arabic, Greek, Latin, and Syriac manuscripts. Leading experts in their fields will give presentations followed by hands-on sessions with participants.
Opening Keynote Speaker: Helen Evans, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
"Saint Catherine’s Monastery in the Sinai: A Treasure Trove of Medieval Christendom"
Monday, December 12, 2022, 6:00 p.m., 219 Aaron Burr Hall
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Schedule of Events - Location: 219 Aaron Burr Hall (unless otherwise noted)
Monday, December 12, 2022 | |
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Claudia Rapp, University of Vienna, “The Library of Saint Catherine’s Monastery and Its Palimpsests” |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Michael Phelps, Director, Early Manuscripts Electronic Library, “The Sinai Palimpsests Project: Its Challenges and Innovations” |
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 | |
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Grigory Kessel, Austrian Academy of Sciences, "Syriac Palimpsests at Saint Catherine’s (and Beyond)” |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Ken Boydston, Megavision, Damianos Kasotakis, Early Manuscripts Electronic Library, “Spectral Image Capture” |
Wednesday, December 14, 2022 | |
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Doug Emery, University of Pennsylvania, “Creating Electronic Cataloging Tools” |
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. | Giulia Rossetto, Austrian Academy of Sciences, “The Hidden Library: New Insights in the Greek Palimpsests of Saint Catherine’s” |
4:00 p.m. |
Exhibit of Saint Catherine’s Monastery Paper Icons and Related Materials |
Thursday, December 15, 2022 | |
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Alexander Treiger, Dalhousie University, “Arabic Palimpsests at Saint Catherine’s” |
2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Daniela Mairhofer, Princeton University, “Latin Undertexts: Lost and Found” |
Friday, December 16, 2022 | |
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Roger Easton, Rochester Institute of Technology, Keith Knox, Early Manuscripts Electronic Library "Processing Methods to Recover Text from Multispectral Imagery” |
Closing Keynote Speaker: Father Justin of the Sinai, Librarian of Saint Catherine’s Monastery, Sinai, Egypt
“Shining Multispectral Light on the History of the Sinai Monastery”
Friday, December 16, 2022, 3:00 p.m., 219 Aaron Burr Hall
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