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Author: Zach Butler

Running IIIF Locally: A Simple Setup Guide
Coding, DH in Practice, Digitization, Online Resources, Software

Running IIIF Locally: A Simple Setup Guide

Introduction Many of the fields of study here on The Digital Orientalist rely heavily on images hosted online. In textual … Continue reading Running IIIF Locally: A Simple Setup Guide

Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts
Biblical Studies, New Post, Online Resources, Software, Teaching

Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts

Introduction The jump from reading the text of the Greek New Testament in a printed edition to reading the same … Continue reading Xeirographa: Learn to Read Greek New Testament Manuscripts

Marimo Notebooks
Coding, DH in General, New Post, Software, Visualization

Marimo Notebooks

In a previous post, I have highlighted the usefulness of notebooks for writing Python code. I mentioned tools like Jupyter … Continue reading Marimo Notebooks

Exploring the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room API
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, Coding, DH in Practice, New Post, Online Resources, Visualization

Exploring the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room API

While not readily apparent, the New Testament Virtual Manuscript (NTVMR) room has an API that is publicly accessible. An API, … Continue reading Exploring the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room API

Analyzing Collation Files: Apatosaurus
Apps, Biblical Studies, DH in Practice, New Post, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis, Visualization

Analyzing Collation Files: Apatosaurus

In my last post, I explored how to collate TEI XML transcriptions of Greek New Testament manuscripts, yielding a TEI … Continue reading Analyzing Collation Files: Apatosaurus

Collating Greek Manuscripts
Biblical Studies, Coding, DH in Practice, New Post, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis, Workflow

Collating Greek Manuscripts

Introduction In my last post, I explored tools in a software package called Criticus that helps move from transcription to … Continue reading Collating Greek Manuscripts

Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Apps, Biblical Studies, Coding, Software, Textual Analysis

Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation

Introduction In my last few posts, I explored how Python could be used to do some codicological analysis of manuscripts … Continue reading Criticus: A tool to move from transcription to collation

Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts
Biblical Studies, Coding, DH in General, DH in Practice, New Post

Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts

This post will take a break from writing about using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room, the topic I covered … Continue reading Using Python to Analyze Greek New Testament Manuscripts

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 3)
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Biblical Studies, Coding, Online Resources, Textual Analysis, Workflow

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 3)

This post continues my series on using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR) for researching and transcribing Manuscripts of … Continue reading A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 3)

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 2)
Archiving, Biblical Studies, DH in Practice, Digitization, HTR, Online Resources, Textual Analysis, Workflow

A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 2)

In my previous post on how to use the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (NTVMR), I walked through the process … Continue reading A Guide for Using the New Testament Virtual Manuscript Room (Part 2)

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