Flat objects
Charters · prints · paintings · textiles · drawings
We digitise flat or near-flat objects with a Phase One camera system, in our studio or where the collection is held.
The iXH 150 MP camera captures A0 size at 300 ppi in a single shot. Even larger objects are stitched together from several shots: the image of the Coronation Mantle was made from more than sixty exposures.
What we digitise
Charters and documents
Medieval charters, deeds of donation, unique documents.
Prints and graphic works
Copperplate engravings, watercolours, graphic art collections.
Paintings
Reproduction and conservation documentation.
Textiles
Mantles and other large textiles, captured as stitched images.
Drawings and plans
Technical drawings and sketches in large batches.
References
What we have already done
Hungarian National Museum · 2023
The Coronation Mantle
With a Phase One 150 MP camera and an electric crane, under lighting below 25 lux, stitched together from more than sixty shots.
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Ráday Collection · 2021 · approx. 800 prints
18th–19th-century prints
On location in the collection’s off-site store, as a joint pilot project.
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Archiepiscopal Treasury, Kalocsa
All Saints Cope (Mindenszentek palástja)
High-resolution reproduction of the cope with a Phase One camera system.
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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 photographed the Coronation Mantle in protective clothing, with dust-free equipment, under lighting below 25 lux.
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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.
Equipment
Request a quote
Tell us what kind of material it is and how much of it there is. We start with a test capture.