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Another cross-posting from PERFORM -- AAY > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 13:11:54 EDT > From: Jesse Hurlbut <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: DScriptorium Announcement > To: Multiple recipients of list PERFORM <[log in to unmask]> > > (One of the perks for PERFORMers--there are so many!--is that the > following announcement will appear here before anywhere else! > --JDH) > > > I would like to announce the creation of DScriptorium: an ftp > site devoted to collecting, storing and distributing digital > images of Medieval manuscripts (D is for digital). > > You may log in with the following command: > > ftp slow.inslab.uky.edu > > USER name: anonymous > PASSWORD: (your e-mail address) > > The collection begins with rare images of the miniatures from > Besancon, Bibliotheque Municipale, ms. [M] 579, 'Le Mystere dou > Jour dou Jugement' (Color scans from enlarged photographs). > The images are in subdirectory /DScriptorium/Jugement (note > CAPITAL DS and J). See also the introductory document in > subdirectory /DScriptorium. > > All .doc files are in ASCII format. > All image files must be shipped in binary mode (type 'bin' at the > ftp prompt to set binary mode). The 'Jour dou Jugement' images > are in JPEG format. There are currently 30 of the 89 miniatures > in the directory. More will be added as they are prepared. > > All materials contained in DScriptorium may be freely distributed > for the personal use of students, scholars and the public. Any > commercial use or publication of them is strictly prohibited. > > Please direct questions or comments to Jesse Hurlbut > ([log in to unmask]). >