Bound volumes
Books · manuscripts · volumes
We digitise bound collections quickly and accurately, in the output format the client requires.
For large quantities of material we use the Treventus ScanRobot automatic scanner, which according to the manufacturer turns and captures up to 2,500 pages per hour and also produces two-layer, searchable PDFs. Special, fragile volumes and manuscripts are photographed with a Phase One camera system.
What we digitise
Printed books, bound records
Bulk holdings with automatic page turning, using the ScanRobot.
Manuscripts and codex leaves
Unique, fragile leaves with a Phase One camera, handling the volume gently.
Special copies
Inscribed and unique volumes, collector’s items.
References
What we have already done
Batthyaneum Library, Alba Iulia · 2023 · approx. 6,000 pages in one week
16th–18th-century Anabaptist manuscripts
Digitisation of nineteen manuscripts on site with a Phase One iXH camera, commissioned by the Baptist Pedagogical Institute.
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National Széchényi Library, Manuscript Collection
The leaf of the Old Hungarian Lament of Mary (Ómagyar Mária-siralom)
Phase One capture of the codex leaf for Iván Horváth’s research, which led to a new finding.
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Private collection · 2021
Inscribed Rejtő volume
Digitisation of a single special copy with a Phase One camera.
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How we work
From test capture to archive
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Test capture
“A test capture is worth more than the most eloquent specification.” The work starts with a sample capture of your own material, which shows what equipment and settings are needed.
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In the studio or on site
We work in our studio on Reitter Ferenc utca, and we set up wherever the collection is: in the off-site store of the Ráday Collection, at the Otto von Habsburg Foundation or at the Batthyaneum Library (a branch of the National Library of Romania) in Alba Iulia.
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Capture under conservation rules
We adapt the conditions to the object: we captured the centuries-old, fragile manuscripts of the Batthyaneum Library with a Phase One iXH system, following the FADGI 4-star guidelines.
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Delivery and publication
We deliver the images in the format the client requires. On request, we also publish them in searchable form in our own archive system, the Heritage digital archive.
Request a quote
Tell us what kind of material it is and how much of it there is. We start with a test capture.