diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ca37ee8c8d36e69e0853fde38dd74d03a95aa40c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+venv
+.idea
+.vscode
+.ipynb_checkpoints
+*.pyc
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diff --git a/iiif_components/__init__.py b/iiif_components/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..5342d714a10b7109b916e0af2fb6da70af4eee68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iiif_components/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import requests
+import cv2 as cv
+import numpy as np
+
+
+class IIIFComponent:
+    """
+    Base class for all IIIF components
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, url: str):
+        self.url = url
+        self._data = None
+
+    @property
+    def data(self):
+        if not self._data:
+            self._data = requests.get(self.url).json()
+        return self._data
+
+    @property
+    def id(self):
+        return self.data['@id']
+
+    @property
+    def context(self):
+        return self.data['@context']
+
+    @property
+    def type(self):
+        return self.data['@type']
+
+
+class IIIFImage(IIIFComponent):
+    def load_image(self, region: str = 'full', size: str = 'full', rotation:
+    int = 0, quality: str = 'default', format: str = 'jpg'):
+        image_url = f"{self.id}/{region}/{size}" \
+                    f"/{rotation}" \
+                    f"/{quality}" \
+                    f".{format}"
+        image_request = requests.get(image_url, stream=True)
+        image = np.asarray(bytearray(image_request.raw.read()), dtype='uint8')
+        image = cv.imdecode(image, cv.IMREAD_COLOR)
+        return image
+
+
+class IIIFManifest(IIIFComponent):
+    """
+    A class for handling IIIF manifests for further processing.
+    """
+
+    def get_images(self, indices: list = [], sequence_number: int = 0):
+        # return all images if empty list
+        if len(indices) == 0:
+            indices = range(len(self.data['sequences'][sequence_number][
+                                    'canvases']))
+        for i in indices:
+            for image in self.data['sequences'][sequence_number]['canvases'][
+                i]['images']:
+                yield IIIFImage(image['resource']['service']['@id'])
diff --git a/iiif_modifier/IIIFColorizer.py b/iiif_modifier/IIIFColorizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b49d825469e68f170d25c7a4837a732b3122aaa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iiif_modifier/IIIFColorizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from iiif_components import IIIFManifest
+
+class IIIFColorizer(IIIFManifest):
+    pass
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diff --git a/iiif_modifier/IIIFImageStitcher.py b/iiif_modifier/IIIFImageStitcher.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..389351916b72bb734921740c2e6bf6da67237353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iiif_modifier/IIIFImageStitcher.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+from iiif_components import IIIFManifest
+from stitching import scan
+
+import cv2 as cv
+
+class IIIFImageStitcher(IIIFManifest):
+    def stitch_images(self, indices: list = [], sequence_number: int = 0,
+                      quality: int = 100):
+        # return all images if empty list
+        if len(indices) == 0:
+            indices = range(len(self.data['sequences'][sequence_number][
+                                    'canvases']))
+        imgs = [image.load_image(size=f"pct:{quality}") for image in self.get_images(
+            indices)]
+        img_names = [image.id for image in self.get_images(indices)]
+
+        return scan.full_stitching_pipeline(imgs, img_names)
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diff --git a/iiif_tools.py b/iiif_tools.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e82eabc34f1b1ee5b89c16dde5e3a5c625d758c2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/iiif_tools.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-import cv2
-import numpy as np
-import requests
-# from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
-
-
-class IIIFAbstractManifest:
-    """
-    A class for handling IIIF manifests for further processing.
-    """
-    def __init__(self, manifest_url):
-        self.manifest_url = manifest_url
-        self.manifest = requests.get(manifest_url).json()
-
-    @property
-    def manifest(self):
-        return self._manifest
-
-    @manifest.setter
-    def manifest(self, man):
-        self._manifest = man
-
-    def get_image(self, index):
-        image_uri = self.manifest['sequences']['canvases'][0]['images'][index]
-        return requests.get(image_uri)
-
-
-class IIIFColorizer(IIIFAbstractManifest):
-    pass
-
-
-class IIIFImageStitcher(IIIFAbstractManifest):
-    pass
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index fe707a2522b1ee9b81465349a5a204de5ef6bbe4..08f07a0b33f734d42316ffaaeb3d8a9597b7583f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ pillow
 ipython
 ipykernel
 jsonpath-ng
+requests
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