Readings from Papyri

Digital Restoration of Ancient Papyri

Image processing can be used for digital restoration of ancient papyri, that is, for a restoration performed on their digital images. The digital manipulation allows reducing the background signals and enhancing the readability of texts. In the case of very old and damaged documents, this is fundamental for identification of the patterns of letters. Some examples of restoration, obtained with a...

Further Readings Further Readings

“Baby Bollinger” (first name: Allen) was born to Anna and Allen Bollinger at the German-American Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The seven-pound Baby Bollinger was diagnosed with multiple physical anomalies and became the first victim in a string of public infanticides of disabled babies committed by the head of staff at the hospital, Dr. Harry Haiselden. The doctor declared Baby Bollinger a “mo...

The Dating of New Testament Papyri

The narrow dating of some of the early New Testament papyri and the methodological approach that is used must be brought into question in the light of the acknowledged difficulties with palaeographical dating and especially the use of assigned dated literary papyri. The thesis of this paper is that the way forward in dating New Testament papyri, or for that matter any undated literary papyri, i...

Cancer Biology. Readings from Scientific American

65 countries, when the decision to uphold the Hippocratic oath might easily lead to personal danger. preceded by an introduction by Errol Friedberg, the director of the Cancer Biology Program at Stanford University. The articles are reprinted exactly as they were originally published, and were written by extremely well-known researchers who include The articles can be understood by anyone with ...

Ecology readings from the University of Wisconsin