From the RTi images it looks like the words are “天仁“. Perhaps from an admirer or owner of the tsuba? A friend mentioned also could be the year during Heian period. I’m looking forward to find out more.

An RTi dome. Originally we thought someone tried to rub and polish out the name, but under RTi we were able to determine that the faint script is of a different hand, as you can clearly see the writing style is crude and doesn’t line up the beautiful signature below it.

RTi imaging. Yesterday found a tsuba (Japanese sword guard) that has a faint script on top of a signature, it was hard to make out the word, so we deployed the RTi dome to help us to see more clearly.

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#RTi #tsuba #culturalheritage

Our RTi dome. (Cont. from above): From the RTi images it looks like the words are “天仁“. Perhaps from an admirer or owner of the tsuba? A friend mentioned also could be the year during Heian period. I’m looking forward to find out more.

Originally we thought someone tried to rub and polish out the name, but under RTi we were able to determine that the faint script is of a different hand, as you can clearly see the writing style is crude and doesn’t line up the beautiful signature below it.

This is probably the most sophisticated piece of equipment I ever had the pleasure to use. This book cradle allows us to digitise manuscripts without bending the spine & gets hi-res images for each page by hooking up with a Hasselblad camera. Live view & tethered images works the magic. (& patience)

Medieval thought process 🤣

#Cookies are not optional 🤣

The kind of #surprise I like when I’m told there are items in the #studio for me to #photograph. I’d be told what object it is, but it still surprise me coz they never look what you expected. In this case, what do you think this is? Clue: it’s a handheld device & can open up! #FitzwilliamMuseum

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Lunch time at work has been glorious ☀️

We both love our #lazySunday

WHAT PHOTOGRAPHS DO - The Making And Remaking of Museum Cultures. By Elizabeth Edwards & Ella Ravilious.
Highly recommended to all colleagues in the industry💕

Essentially, photographs is the blood running through the veins of a museum yet they don’t always get the acknowledgment that they deserved.

A heartfelt thank you to the photography teams at the #AshmoleanMuseum, #BodleianLibraries, and The #PittRiversMuseum for hosting the #AHFAP workshop and taking the time to show us around.

It was a real pleasure to meet colleagues from across the sector and to gain a glimpse into your work. 💕

Please let me come across a manuscript like this one day 😹😹

The Hone body-chain is very small. Only the central amethyst and four garnets survive. Hellenistic and Roman style, very special. #BritishMuseum
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A lovely day out yesterday to the British Museum & I have to share with you this tawny cat I found from the Egyptian wing that’s thousands of years old.

Cats were family pets, but he is shown here also represent the Sun-god hunting the enemies of light and order.
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Here’s a picture of an exhibition I visited recently called #Riseup at Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge.