Abstract: The invention relates to a device and to a method for optically detecting and receiving, in particular for digitising, interconnected sheets (10) along a margin (6), in particular a book (7), comprising a bearing and/or securing device (8) for the sheets (10) and a receiving device (1) which comprises two angular imaging surfaces (2) which have a common vertex edge (3) and which are arranged in relation to each other, in addition to at least one receiving unit (19). The bearing and/or securing device (8) and the receiving device (1) are arranged in a displaceable manner in relation to each other, such that the vertex edge (3) of receiving device (1) and the margin (6) of the sheets (10) can be joined together. The receiving device (1) comprises traction means (15, 16) which are used to catch at least one sheet (10?) when removing the vertex edge (3) of the receiving device (1) from the margin (6) of the sheets (10).