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Friday, November 04, 2011

"IMAGING the ILIAD" Ipad App for Venetus A Ilias Homeri

Touching Antiquities: Undergraduate Research puts ancient manuscripts in the hands of the public

Homer’s Iliad is back at the publishing house, but turning these pages involves only a light tap on an iPad screen. With each digital page turn, the Imaging the Iliad iPad app transports the revered, but fragile, Venetus A Iliad manuscript from an inaccessible Venetian library into the hands of students, researchers, and classical enthusiasts around the world.