This collaborative project brings together specialists of history, art history, immersive experiences, photogrammetry, 3D modeling, and game design to provoke learning through an embodied experience that allows interaction with-and encourages proper handling of-the virtual version of a very rare Renaissance manuscript purchased by USC Libraries’ Special Collections in 2014. Using digital photography and 3D modeling, we will provide access to a virtually reconstructed, private, gendered space in early modern Belgium, enabling users to engage with the contents of this manuscript and also to gain appreciation for rare materials. With the collaboration of USC’s Archaeology Research Center, School of Cinematic Arts, and Special Collections, Dodd and Zonno lead a team that will create a virtual reality experience of a Renaissance-era Book of Hours that belonged to a lay religious woman (in other words, she's was not a nun) who lived in a still-standing and well-preserved enclosed female community in Ghent, Belgium. They were recently awarded an Advancement Grant – Level I from the NEH Digital Humanities Advancement Grants Program (DHAG), in order to create an immersive, interactive experience focused on a 15th-century lavishly illuminated manuscript held by USC Libraries’ Special Collections. Since Morgan's death in 1913, the collection has more than doubled. lllumination for Cardinal Antoniotto Pallavicini (1442-1507) XIV. Fragments of an Illuminated Missal of Pope Innocent VIII XIII. A Fifteenth-Century Italian Drawing Inserted in a Valturius Manuscript XII. Sabina Zonno ( USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute. Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts Next Browse images When Pierpont Morgan acquired his first medieval manuscripts at the end of the nineteenth century, he laid the foundation for a collection whose quality would rank among the greatest in the world. Initials in Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts: the Problem of the So-called 'litera Mantiniana' X. decade 4 Le Livre de l'Ecclsiaste, Le Cantique de Roy Salomon. This project is directed by Professor Lynn Dodd ( USC Dornsife School of Religion, and the Archaeology Program) and Dr. Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from Western Europe. Turning the Page: Transforming Images into Immersive Lessons about the Cost and Desirability of Touching Real and Virtual Creations During the Renaissance, several important painters worked such as Gerard David, Simon Bening, and Antonio Pisano crafted their own illuminated manuscripts.
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