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Susanna’s Secret – A 12th Century German Palimpsest?
A 12th century ‘Susannah and the Elders’ medieval manuscript, the oldest item that Western has in their rare book collection, dating from around 1125 in Germany, may have been a rare case of a “palimpsest”. SSW researchers wanted to look at this faint 90-degree text in higher detail.
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Shakespeare Exposed! SEM Imaging of Old Books
SSW Researchers wanted to test some novel samples inside the Large Chamber VP-SEM, so they imaged whole book! A 1909 copy of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure. SSW researchers hypothesized that they could use electrons to actually read the book within the SEM.
