Those manuscripts being nominated as MEMORY OF THE WORLD PROGRAMME by UNESCO are pass through forensic examination.
3. Documents that include colours, such as illuminated manuscripts and maps, and items that may require forensic type examination require full-colour digitisation.
(MEMORY OF THE WORLD PROGRAMME GENERAL GUIDELINES TO SAFEGUARD DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE
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Prepared for UNESCO, on behalf of IFLA, by Stephen Foster and Roslyn Russel, Australian Heritage Projects Jan Lyall, National Library of Australia
Duncan Marshall)