The first time I encountered a digital facsimile was when I studied medieval literature in Germany. There is the great "Codex Manesse" [1] (I once had the oppo

The first time I encountered a digital facsimile was when I studied medieval literature in Germany. There is the great "Codex Manesse" [1] (I once had the opportunity to see the real one in an exhibition) that is one of a kind. It is irreplaceable and there are but a selected few people who are even allowed to touch it (with gloves). It could not be damaged, but was digitized without harm nonetheless [2]. So I actually never thought of digitalisation as a destructive process. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Manesse?wprov=sfla1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Manesse?wprov=sfla1 [2]: https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848 https://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cpg848