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Giovanni Leardo and His 15th Century World Maps & Recovering Lost Texts with Multispectral Imaging
March 12 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
A talk on the AGSL’s Leardo Mappamundi will be held Wednesday, March 12 at 5 pm in conjunction with the Lazarus Project‘s visit to UWM to take multispectral images of the Leardo. Chet Van Duzer, Board Member at the Lazarus Project and leading authority on medieval and Renaissance maps, will discuss Giovanni Leardo, his maps, and their historical context. Gregory Heyworth, Director of the Lazarus Project and Associate Professor of English, University of Rochester, will talk about the Lazarus Project and how they use cutting edge science and technology to help discover hidden knowledge in historical documents.
