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Category: Digitization

Interviewing Dr Hoffmann-Ruf about “Qalamos: connecting manuscript traditions”
Archiving, DH in General, DH in Practice, Digitization, Islamic Languages, Islamic Studies, Online Resources, Ottoman Studies, Visualization, Workflow

Interviewing Dr Hoffmann-Ruf about “Qalamos: connecting manuscript traditions”

The new portal ‘Qalamos: connecting manuscript traditions’ provides metadata of oriental manuscripts from more than 25 collections in Germany. I … Continue reading Interviewing Dr Hoffmann-Ruf about “Qalamos: connecting manuscript traditions”

Exploring Wellcome Collection’s Karshuni Manuscripts
Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Archiving, Digitization, Syriac Studies

Exploring Wellcome Collection’s Karshuni Manuscripts

Written by Rosie Maxton. Wellcome Collection comprises close to 1000 Arabic manuscripts, showcasing a vast array of genres, historical periods … Continue reading Exploring Wellcome Collection’s Karshuni Manuscripts

Interviewing Dr. Naomi Appleton about Jātaka Stories
Buddhist Studies, Digitization, Indian Studies

Interviewing Dr. Naomi Appleton about Jātaka Stories

This is a guest post by Udita Das. Jātaka Stories is a free online repository of jātaka tales. Jātakas are … Continue reading Interviewing Dr. Naomi Appleton about Jātaka Stories

Just give me a font!
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Digitization, Sinology, Workflow

Just give me a font!

The headache of working with archaic Chinese orthographies Technologically, we scholars of the 21st century are spoiled. We sit at … Continue reading Just give me a font!

New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 2
Archiving, DH in Practice, Digitization, Events & Conferences, Online Resources, Syriac Studies, Textual Analysis

New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 2

This is the second post in an interview of Prof. Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and Prof. David A. Michelson, who were … Continue reading New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 2

Decolonize North Africa’s Historical Records
African Studies, Archiving, Digitization

Decolonize North Africa’s Historical Records

For the past year, questions of how to decolonize the historical records of North Africa have been in the news, … Continue reading Decolonize North Africa’s Historical Records

Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 2
Biblical Studies, DH in Practice, Digitization, OCR, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis

Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 2

The first part of this post covered starting a project with eScriptorium and properly segmenting a page to prepare it … Continue reading Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 2

Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 1
Biblical Studies, DH in Practice, Digitization, OCR, Online Resources, Software, Textual Analysis

Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 1

Exegetes interested in textual criticism need ready access to digitized and digitalized versions of Hebrew manuscripts so that they must … Continue reading Introduction to eScriptorium, HTR for Hebrew Manuscripts, part 1

An Introduction to the Nine Modes Manual Online
Chinese Language, DH in Practice, Digitization, Visualization

An Introduction to the Nine Modes Manual Online

Guest piece by Casey Schoenberger. The following is an introduction to a digital humanities project I completed over the past … Continue reading An Introduction to the Nine Modes Manual Online

New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 1
Archiving, DH in Practice, Digitization, Events & Conferences, Online Resources, Syriac Studies, Textual Analysis

New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 1

Recently, a new initiative to develop digital tools and create a common Linked Open Data for the study of Middle … Continue reading New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 1

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