[Scriptoris] Fwd: [Ansteorra] free-fusion stereocomparison

[Hillary Greenslade]

Forward from the Ansteorran lists: 
Cheers, Hillary

Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:37:41 -0500
From: Coblaith Muimnech <Coblaith at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Inc. Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA" <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Subject: [Ansteorra] free-fusion stereocomparison

A paleontologist working at Cornell has published an interesting  
theory about how the monks responsible for famous insular manuscripts  
like the Book of Kells were able to paint intricate patterns at such  
tiny scales without the benefit of high-quality lenses 
<http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept09/KellsAngels.html>.  
He suggests they used a technique modernly known as free-fusion stereocomparison,  
which allowed them to use their own eyes to magnify what they saw by  
10 to 30 times.

Coblaith Muimnech