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Virtual unrolling and deciphering of Herculaneum papyri by X-ray phase-contrast tomography.
Bukreeva, I; Mittone, A; Bravin, A; Festa, G; Alessandrelli, M; Coan, P; Formoso, V; Agostino, R G; Giocondo, M; Ciuchi, F; Fratini, M; Massimi, L; Lamarra, A; Andreani, C; Bartolino, R; Gigli, G; Ranocchia, G; Cedola, A.
Affiliation
  • Bukreeva I; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rome Unit, I-00195 Rome, Italy.
  • Mittone A; P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr., 53 Moscow, Russia.
  • Bravin A; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, F-38043 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France.
  • Festa G; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, F-38043 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France.
  • Alessandrelli M; Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-00133 Rome, Italy.
  • Coan P; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Cristallografia (Bari), I-70126 Bari, Italy.
  • Formoso V; Museo Storico della Fisica e Centro Studi e Ricerche Enrico Fermi, I-00184 Rome, Italy.
  • Agostino RG; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto per il Lessico Intellettuale Europeo e Storia delle Idee, I-00161 Rome, Italy.
  • Giocondo M; European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, F-38043 Grenoble, Cedex 9, France.
  • Ciuchi F; Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Faculty of Medicine and Department of Physics, D-80799 München, Germany.
  • Fratini M; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Cosenza Unit, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende (Cosenza), Italy.
  • Massimi L; Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende (Cosenza), Italy.
  • Lamarra A; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Cosenza Unit, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende (Cosenza), Italy.
  • Andreani C; Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Fisica, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende (Cosenza), Italy.
  • Bartolino R; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Cosenza Unit, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende (Cosenza), Italy.
  • Gigli G; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Cosenza Unit, I-87036 Arcavacata Di Rende (Cosenza), Italy.
  • Ranocchia G; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rome Unit, I-00195 Rome, Italy.
  • Cedola A; Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Nanotecnologia, Rome Unit, I-00195 Rome, Italy.
Sci Rep ; 6: 27227, 2016 06 06.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-27265417
A collection of more than 1800 carbonized papyri, discovered in the Roman 'Villa dei Papiri' at Herculaneum is the unique classical library survived from antiquity. These papyri were charred during 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption, a circumstance which providentially preserved them until now. This magnificent collection contains an impressive amount of treatises by Greek philosophers and, especially, Philodemus of Gadara, an Epicurean thinker of 1st century BC. We read many portions of text hidden inside carbonized Herculaneum papyri using enhanced X-ray phase-contrast tomography non-destructive technique and a new set of numerical algorithms for 'virtual-unrolling'. Our success lies in revealing the largest portion of Greek text ever detected so far inside unopened scrolls, with unprecedented spatial resolution and contrast, all without damaging these precious historical manuscripts. Parts of text have been decoded and the 'voice' of the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus is brought back again after 2000 years from Herculaneum papyri.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Manuscripts as Topic Language: En Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2016 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Italy Country of publication: United kingdom

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Manuscripts as Topic Language: En Journal: Sci Rep Year: 2016 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Italy Country of publication: United kingdom