A cold-lit light table in a dark room, seen from straight above: the original (bamboo slips, an ink rubbing or a typed archive card), a strip of film and a print laid out on it. A magnifying glass glides to each key word on the voice-over and a red marker rings what matters. Made for archaeology, artefacts, archives and close reading of a historical source.
Use this styleGive the lines of the source to lay on the table (quoted as written, a few short lines) and its reference; the words to magnify and ring; and any photos or clips of the object, document or site, which become a print and frames on the film strip. Without photos the original fills the table on its own.
The Rosetta Stone carries a decree issued at Memphis in 196 BC in hieroglyphic, Demotic and Greek. An archive card goes on the light table beside a drawing of the stone; the glass moves through the card and settles on the Greek band, which scholars could already read.
Archive Light Table · 16:9 · 10.0s