Digital Resuscitation of the Officina Plantiniana's Woodblock Collection: Goals, Approaches, and Results

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This chapter addresses an often-overlooked aspect of the study of early modern illustrations: the woodblock matrices themselves. This objectbased approach provides new insights, exposing elements that are not visible when looking at the printed image. Investigation of the recessed areas of the block can render information about the artist’s hand, often cancelled out in the print. The Museum Plantin-Moretus in Antwerp owns an impressive collection of nearly 14.000 woodblocks, used in the Officina Plantiniana, which is now digitized. The material research of the blocks benefits from digitization through multi-image comparison, high resolution zooming on miniscule details and manipulation of size, colour and contrast to enhance particular features. This article discusses the work-in-progress of the digitization process and the first findings.

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