www.inkthinkerblog.com — One of the things that just blows me away about the Internet, and digital media in general, is that we no longer have to fret about manuscripts disintegrating and being lost for all time. The paper may still disintegrate, but we now have a means to preserve priceless intellectual content and works of immeasurable cultural value.
Case in point: I read today that sections of the Codex Sinaiticus, which is one of the oldest copies of the Bible in existence today, will be available online in high-resolution images beginning this week, and the whole thing is set to be published over the next 12 months. You can read all about it in today’s MSNBC article “1,600-year-old version of Bible goes online: Technology makes one of oldest cultural artifacts accessible to everyone.”
I was hoping for a cool video that would show us what the physical manuscript looks like, but all I found were scholars speaking German and Italian, and since I don’t speak either, I’m reluctant to post a video I can’t understand. But keep your eyes on www.codex-sinaiticus.net for the high-res images later this week. There are currently folios and screenshots available for download there, along with an announcement that the site will go live on July 24.
What amazes you about the Internet?
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Wow! Thanks for letting us know about this. That is so interesting and blows me away. I really like the fact that they are making it available like that.
As for what blows me away about the Internet…the fact that so many people can be connected across time and space! Some of my best friends, I’ve never even met face to face…and if it wasn’t for Yahoo Chat..I would have never met my husband!