Digital Humanities Lab, Exeter

Exeter researchers lead digital reconstruction of historic Italian chapel and altarpiece for international art exhibition A beautiful altarpiece finished by a Renaissance-era master painter has been digitally reconstructed by scholars at the University of Exeter for an international exhibition. The Strozzi Altarpiece, wi...

Check out this fascinating research from the Florence4D project that is coordinated by Prof. Fabrizio Nevola, co-director of the Exeter DH Lab, and Cambridge Co-Investigator, Dr Donal Cooper!

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📢TODAY📢

Tune in to hear @bhamhistory.bsky.social and @emilymayvine.bsky.social discuss our unique methodology 👇

Weds 22 Oct, 5pm
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Check out this link to see DH's previous examples of RTIs:

humanities-research.exeter.ac.uk/rti/

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Our interns were tasked with bringing in an object they wanted to explore the texture of. They learned how to appropriately position an artefact for the most accurate results, adjust the necessary photography settings & light sequencing, & process their photographs to create a final RTI model

The image can be enhanced to exaggerate the surface relief and provide a better view of key details. The normals visualisation technique creates a false colour view of the normals of reflection, indicating the direction each surface faces, and giving a better idea of the overall shape of the object.

Creating an RTI involves photographing a subject while varying lighting angles in a controlled manner. Spheres are included in the photographs to record the angle & enable the processing software to calculate a matrix of surface normals that indicate the direction of reflected light from the surface

Often referred to as 2 1/2- dimensional imaging, RTI can offer a superior view of surface relief and texture compared to conventional photography. It can produce views of marks, inscriptions, and indentations to assist with readability, and create a visually engaging experience of the object

Last week, the DH Interns were introduced to Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI). RTI is a method of creating an interactive digital image of an object with a moveable light source

#RTI #ReflectanceTransformationImaging #HASS #Humanities #Digital #DigitalHumanities #AI #DH #DigitalResearch

The DH Lab is very excited to be collaborating on this fascinating project alongside partners at @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy, @nationaltrust.org.uk, @uniofreading.bsky.social and @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

#Digital #Humanities #Exeter #DHLab #ExeterDH #Tudor #History #DigitalResearch #DH

National project launched to rediscover Henry VIII’s long-forgotten ‘Tudor Domesday Book’ A nationwide survey commissioned by Henry VIII on the property and wealth of 16th century England and Wales is to be made publicly accessible for the first time. The survey, known as the Valor Ecclesi...

Check out this article for more information: 🔗

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We'll be working with the digital team at the National Archives and Co-Leads Dr Euan Roger, Prof Jayne Carroll, Prof Adrian Bell, and National Trust & regional partners to build a digital resource that will enable researchers to find and make use of the incredible data in the Valor Ecclesiasticus.

The DH Lab is excited to be collaborating with partners at National Archives, National Trust, Reading & Nottingham in a new £1.5m AHRC project to make available Henry VIII's Valor Ecclesiasticus. 'Rediscovering The Tudor Domesday' is led at Exeter by Prof James Clark with Co-Lead Dr Charlotte Tupman

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They are developing valuable technical skills in high-resolution image capture, colour management, & digital file handling. In addition, they have gained hands-on experience in the safe handling of archival material, & learning techniques for ensuring preservation during the digitisation process.

The interns have been learning the digitisation process in our photography studio. This has involved operating our Phase One 150mp Cultural Heritage camera and Guardian Copystand. They have also been getting to grips with our Capture One photography software

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This term we have been thrilled to welcome a fabulous new set of DH interns!

Internships with the lab are a unique, exciting opportunity for HASS students to learn all the digital research methods and practical skills that the lab has to offer!

#DigitalResearch #CaptureOne #PhaseOne #Photography

Illustration showing a view of the North front of St Luke's as seen from Heavitree Road. The towers of the Cathedral can be seen in the distance. In front of St Luke's a person rides by on a horse, and two women stroll with parasols.

Yesterday marked 47 years since St Luke's (teacher training) College merged with the University of Exeter.

This University Archive throwback shows St Luke's (then the Diocesan Training School) in 1855.

📷 EUL UA/add.29; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social

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Opened book lying on a book cushion, held open by a snake weight. The opened pages list interpretations for dreams about angels, babies, bells, bees, carriages, cats, cards, dancing, the dead, ducks, eggs, empty vessels, eating, fish, fire, flowers, garden, glass, gold, hares, horses, ivy, inns, and jackdaws.

Happy World Dream Day! 💭

What did you last dream about?

These dream interpretations can be found in the book 'Nummits and Crummits: Devonshire Customs, Characteristics, and Folk-lore' by Sarah Hewett (1900).

📷 Baring-Gould Library 0454

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By Counting Growth Rings, Researchers Solve the Mystery of the Sycamore Gap Tree's Age A new analysis shows that the historic tree was at least 100 to 120 years old in September 2023, when two men illegally chopped it down

Check out this Smithsonian Magazine article on the Sycamore Gap Tree. It discusses solving the mystery of the iconic tree's age and the DH Lab's role in this fascinating new research

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#SycamoreGap #DHLab #Digital #Humanities #DigitalHumanities #RTI #Historic

To accompany our 'Period Pieces' exhibition, Special Collections Assistant Lisa has written a brand-new blog post, highlighting the challenges of researching menstruation in archives and rare books.

Find it here! ➡️ specialcollections.exeter.ac.uk/2025/09/22/n...

#Archives #Exhibition #Menstruation

Painting of a tree with a grey trunk and leaves of green, red, purple and orange. Next to the tree is a poem: 'Pheasants feathers of amethyst, Magenta, crimson, burnt sienna & brown, Leaf the maple's branches with a mauve mantle, As it stands sentinel to the undying Fall.' Ronald Duncan's signature and the date '9 Sept - 77' are noted in the bottom right hand corner.

Autumn officially begins today with the Autumn Equinox! 🍂

Following a very warm summer, spectacular autumn colours are expected this year - we can't wait!

This poem was written and illustrated by the writer, poet and librettist, Ronald Duncan.

📷 EUL MS 397/2/2/2

#AutumnEquinox #Autumn #Archives

Specialist laboratory exploring experimental techniques to improve the resolution of analyses on the felled Sycamore Gap tree A university laboratory specialising in digital preservation and the digital display of historic artefacts is playing a key role in efforts to commemorate the felled Sycamore Gap tree. The Digital Hum...

This collaboration shows how heritage, science and technology can work together to enhance research in a non-invasive, non-destructive manner.

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Our DH Lab team have been using photogrammetry and RTI to capture the tree’s growth rings and surface textures in detail. By combining these techniques with expertise from our partners, we are helping develop a picture of the tree’s age, growth patterns & environmental changes it experienced

We are excited to share some more information about how the DH Lab have been working with Historic England to explore experimental imaging techniques to assist with research into the iconic Sycamore Gap tree

#SycamoreGap #SycamoreGapTree #RTI #HistoricEngland #DHTeam #DH #DHLab #Exeter #ExeterUni

Chamber Profile Magazine Autumn 2025

To read the full article, 'Powering Transformational Change with the University of Exeter', click the link below!

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The DH Lab has been mentioned in this Autumn's edition of the Chamber of Commerce's Profile Magazine!

'Out Digital Humanities Lab enables creative and heritage organisations to work with 3D scanning, virtual reconstructions and digital storytelling'

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It is officially Welcome Week here at @exeter.ac.uk! We are excited to have all our new & returning HASS students back on campus!

Whether you are familiar with our work or you have never accessed the lab before, please get in touch to see how we might help you with assignments, research & teaching!