Palimpsestic Underwriting revealed in photograph made by ultra-violet fluorescence
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Palimpsestic Underwriting revealed in photograph made by ultra-violet fluorescence

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Photograph

Dr. Lodewyk Bendikson

Maker
Dutch, 1875–1953

Palimpsestic Underwriting revealed in photograph made by ultra-violet fluorescence

1934–1935
Gelatin silver prints
Image (each): 5 × 3 11/16 in. (12.7 × 9.4 cm)
Mount: 17 9/16 × 21 7/16 in. (44.6 × 54.5 cm)
Gift of the Photographic Society of America, Rochester Technical Section
Inscriptions Printed in black on applied label on mount recto, BLC: 440
Inscribed in pencil on mount recto, BLC: 5-C [circled]
Typed in black on applied label on mount recto, BC: PALIMPSESTIC UNDERWRITING, BROUGHT OUT BY ULTRA-VIOLET FLUORESCENCE. \ EACH OF THE FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS SHOWS, TO THE LEFT, PAGES OF A MANUSCRIPT \ BREVIARY OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY, PHOTOGRAPHED IN ORDINARY LIGHT, AND \ TO THE RIGHT, THE SAME PAGES PHOTOGRAPHED IN ULTRA-VIOLET LIGHT, SHOWING \ THE ERASED EARLIER UNDERWRITING, OTHERWISE INVISIBLE.-
Signed in black ink on mount recto, BRC: Dr. L. Bendikson
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, TL: vd-5
Printed and inscribed on gold applied label on mount verso, LC: CALIFORNIA \ Pacific International \ EXPOSITION \ [emblem] \ No. 403 - \ "Palimpsest Breviary," \ ultra-violet. \ (Gold Medal Group) \ Accepted and Hung \ at the \ FIFTH INTERNATIONAL\ SALON OF PHOTOGRAPHY \ BALBOA PARK \ SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA \ U.S.A. \ May 29th to November 11th, 1935
Printed in black on orange applied label on mount verso, TL: first \ international \ exhibit \ SCIENTIFIC \ APPLIED \ PHOTOGRAPHY \ ROCHESTER \ TECHNICAL \ SECTION \ PHOTOGRAPHIC \ SOCIETY \ OF AMERICA \ RUNDEL LIBRARY \ MARCH 15 APRIL 3 \ 1937 \ ROCHESTER, N.Y.
Printed in black on blue applied label on mount verso, C: FROM JANUARY SECOND TO JANUARY TENTH 1938 \ EXHIBITED \ THE ART CENTER SCHOOL LOS ANGELES, CALIF
Inscribed in pencil on mount verso, BLC: Part of Gold Medal Group \ B/269/403
Inscribed in black ink on applied label on mount verso, BC: No. 7. Palimpsest Breviary (Ultra-violet)
Printed in black on applied label on mount verso, BC: DR. L. BENDIKSON \ IN CHARGE OF \ THE DEPARTMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC \ REPRODUCTIONS \ HENRY E. HUNTINGTON LIBRARY & ART GALLERY \ SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA

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