At Daybreak, after prayers in the an-cient basilica, Father Justin, the Texan-born librarian of St Catherine's monastery in Sinai, doffs his clerical head-dress and begins operating a Swiss camera that can capture illuminations, bindings and gold leaf in all their glorious detail. His assistant, Hameid, one of the first local bedouin to attend university, puts the manuscripts in place. Father Justin is among a small band of people dedicated to using technology to investigate, preserve and disseminate the glories of ancient writing.
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