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From the Engraved Tablet to the Digital Tablet, History of a 15th-Century Music Score

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Françoise Labaune,

Dominique Fontaine,

Gaétan Le Cloirec,

Valérie GourantonAuthors Info & Claims

Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (JOCCH), Volume 13, Issue 3

Article No.: 17, Pages 1 - 18

https://doi.org/10.1145/3383782

Published: 05 August 2020 Publication History

Abstract

This work illustrates the use of three different digitization techniques to study and valorize a 15th-century engraved tablet discovered during a preventive archaeological excavation in the area of a former convent. The tablet is covered with engraved inscriptions on both sides and includes a musical score. Digitization allowed for an advanced analysis of the inscriptions, and to generate a complete and precise 3D model of the artifact that was used to produce an interactive application deployed both on tactile tablets and websites. The interactive application integrates a musical interpretation of the score that gives access to a testimony of intangible heritage. This interdisciplinary work gathered archaeologists, researchers from computer science and physics, and a professional musician.

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Gaugne RBarreau JLécuyer FNicolas TNormand JGouranton V(2022)eXtended Reality for Cultural HeritageHandbook of Cultural Heritage Analysis10.1007/978-3-030-60016-7_48(1405-1437)Online publication date: 25-Jan-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60016-7_48

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From the Engraved Tablet to the Digital Tablet, History of a 15th-Century Music Score
1. Applied computing
  1. Arts and humanities
2. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics

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Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage Volume 13, Issue 3

October 2020

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ISSN:1556-4673

EISSN:1556-4711

DOI:10.1145/3411173

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Published: 05 August 2020

Online AM: 07 May 2020

Accepted: 01 February 2020

Revised: 01 November 2019

Received: 01 January 2019

Published in JOCCH Volume 13, Issue 3

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Gaugne RBarreau JDuc-Martin PEsnault EGouranton V(2022)Sport heritage in VR: Real tennis case studyFrontiers in Virtual Reality10.3389/frvir.2022.9224153Online publication date: 17-Aug-2022
https://doi.org/10.3389/frvir.2022.922415
Gaugne RBarreau JLécuyer FNicolas TNormand JGouranton V(2022)eXtended Reality for Cultural HeritageHandbook of Cultural Heritage Analysis10.1007/978-3-030-60016-7_48(1405-1437)Online publication date: 25-Jan-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60016-7_48

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