Archimedes Palimpsest Media Center

Archimedes Palimpsest Images

Optical Image Collection

Original TIFF Image of one section of Bifolia18 MB
Stitched TIFF Image of ten original images of Bifolia sections108 MB
Three images for each Bifolia section or stitched Bifolia:
Tungsten Light, Ultraviolet light, Pseudocolor Processed Image
Sectional Images18MB × 3 = 54 MB
Stitched Images108MB × 3 = 324 MB

Collection PhaseRaw DataProcessed and Stitched Data (GB)
(includes experiments and El Greco imaging)
Phase I (summer 2000)6.624.90
Phase II - 1A (April 2001)6.125.40
Phase II - 1B (November 2001)12.035.00
Phase II - 2A (June 2002)20.028.80
Phase II - 2B (January 2003)14.535.50
Phase II - 3A (November 2003)12.837.50
Phase II - 3B (November 2004)32.935.40
Phase II - 4A (June 2006 est.)7.028.00(production digital imaging)
Heiberg Data48.00
Cambridge Leaf from Nigel1.00
Totals (GBytes)154.6230 GB
Total of optical images on disk drives, including browser, stitching files, and logs:
248 GB

XRF Data Collection and Image Production

ASCII Data from single XRF scan of about 40×20 mm is approximately 32MB
TIFF derived image is approximately 10% of the size, or about 3 MB

Click here to download the Archimedes Palimpsest Images Data Sheet in PDF format.

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