Research Grant
[Cite as https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0986188]Researchers: A/Prof Iain Gardner (Chief Investigator) , A/Prof Jason BeDuhn (Partner Investigator) , ARC Linkage Grant LP1701000985 (Funded by) , Mr Paul Dilley (Postdoctoral Fellow)
Brief description The digital restoration of the Dublin Kephalaia codex and its importance for the history of religions. This is a project at the forefront of the emerging use of digital technology to render legible manuscripts long regarded as unreadable. The unique fourth century codex, now housed at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin Castle, has been known of since 1929. The latest developments in image enhancement, especially the pseudocolour technique, offer the first chance for an international team led from the University of Sydney to read and publish the text. Its contents record discussions about religion, human nature and the natural world held by sages from East and West at the court of the Persian king; and illuminate the dynamic cultural interchange between India and the Mediterranean world that characterised late antiquity.
Funding Amount $360,000
Funding Scheme Discovery Projects
- PURL : https://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP0986188
- ARC : DP0986188