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Published at 2560 × 1104 in The Secret (Past) Lives of Library Books
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Above, a line of writing heavily crossed out with thick, dark brown ink. Below, the same line with the obscuring marks lightened enough to read the underlying text.

An example of successful revival of obscured text. Top: Color image, bottom: PCA processed image. Detail, Biblia. Venice, Joannes Rubeus Vercellensis for Tommaso Trevisano, 31 Oct. 1487. Credit: Meghan Wilson.