Facilities

True to its approach of taking the material artefact as a starting point, the Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures has over the years not only built a unique library with special collections, but also established a mobile lab for non-destructive material analyses worldwide. With the establishment of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Understanding Written Artefacts’, two more components were added: stationary high-performance labs and, under construction, a self-sufficient container lab designed for long-term campaigns in regions without access to state-of-the-art instrumentation.