Presentation given at the Graduate Student Colloquium, Digital Humanities Summer Institute 2009, University of Victoria, BC, Canada, 11 June 2009.

1. 3D Visualization of Historical Bookbinding Structures Graduate Student Colloquium presentation DHSI 2009, University of Victoria, BC, Canada Alberto Campagnolo Candidate: MA in Digital Culture and Technology King’s College London alberto.campagnolo@gmail.com alberto.campagnolo@kcl.ac.uk

2. Research questions What are the advantages of a three-dimensional visualization of bookbinding structures over the usual methods for the recording of these structures? How can this be achieved? 11/06/2009 Graduate Student Colloquium presentation DHSI 2009, University of Victoria, BC 2

3. Bookbinding structures There are many ways in which the pages of a codex can be bound together and attached to the cover. Different cultures have developed different kinds of bookbinding structures. Different structures have appeared in different ages. We don’t have many descriptions of how books were bound; the items themselves are the sole witnesses. 11/06/2009 Graduate Student Colloquium presentation DHSI 2009, University of Victoria, BC 3 Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Ms patr. 5

4. Archaeology of the book Traditionally the study of books as artefacts was focused on the text and on the decoration of the bindings During the 20th century a new interest in the art of bookbinding was set in motion Archaeology of the book and history of bookbinding structures 11/06/2009 Graduate Student Colloquium presentation DHSI 2009, University of Victoria, BC 4 ©George Boudalis 2006

6. Examples of structures 11/06/2009 Graduate Student Colloquium presentation DHSI 2009, University of Victoria, BC 6 ©George Boudalis 2006 ©George Boudalis 2006 ©George Boudalis 2006 ©George Boudalis 2006 ©George Boudalis 2006

9. Examples of 3D visualization of books 11/06/2009 Graduate Student Colloquium presentation DHSI 2009, University of Victoria, BC 10 3Book WebBook 3D Book Visualizer Turning the pages™

12. Questions? 11/06/2009 Graduate Student Colloquium presentation DHSI 2009, University of Victoria, BC 13 alberto.campagnolo@gmail.com alberto.campagnolo@kcl.ac.uk