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Usenet Posted 23 years ago
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Page turning manuscripts on the web

It's amazing the things you find when you surf the web. I've just visited the British Library site (www.bl.uk) and found that, among other things, they've put DaVinci's Notebook onto the web in a format that allows you to "turn the page" of the manuscript, as if you were looking at the original. The animation is quite realistic, and has even been set to allow the colour changes one might expect to experience as one turns a page from the corner.
It's done in shockwave, but the download is free.
I think lovers of the classics ought to take a look. There is also the Sherborne Missal, The Lindisfarne Gospels and Baybars Qur'an.
http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/digitisation.html

Just amazing.
Chrissy
  

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[/nq] Not on my Pentium 100. I get to make coffee between pages. S Remove the Zees to Reply...

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  • [/nq] Not on my Pentium 100.
  • I get to make coffee between pages.
  • S Remove the Zees to Reply...
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[nq:1]The animation is quite realistic, and has even been set to allow the colour changes one might expect to experience as one turns a page from the corner.[/nq]
Not on my Pentium 100. I get to make coffee between pages.

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[nq:2]The animation is quite realistic, and has even been set ... to experience as one turns a page from the corner.[/nq]
[nq:1]Not on my Pentium 100. I get to make coffee between pages. S[/nq]
Can I suggest a faster machine? I don't know where you live, but these days, you can buy a secondhand Pentium system box with all the basics in Australia for around $AUS250-300. I'm currently using
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