Digistylus - An Online Information System For Palaeography Teaching and Research [PDF]
This paper starts by describing the experiences the authors recently had with online information systems for teaching and research in palaeography. The study also considers the differences in the students' access to the site "Teaching Materials for Latin
Cartelli, Antonio, Palma, Marco
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Recent developments in New Testament textual criticism [PDF]
This is a preprint version of an article published in Early Christianity 2.2 (2011). \ud \ud The article provides an overview of recent developments in New Testament Textual Criticism.
Houghton, H.A.G.
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Correcting Icelandic Manuscripts in the Second Half of the Fourteenth Century
Writing is a task prone to errors and mistakes. While modern devices allow for invisible corrections, medieval scribes often had to use methods that would remain visible to a manuscript’s future users.
Lea D. Pokorny
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The codicology of Masnavi-yi Ma'navi transcripted by Mulla Sadra Shirazi [PDF]
Sadr Al-Din Mohammad b. Ibrahim b. Yahya Qawami Shirazi, also known as Mulla Sadra left behind a number of handwritings. These manuscripts represent either his original works or his copies of other authors' works.
Mohammad Sadegh Mirzaabolghasemi
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Recognizing Degraded Handwritten Characters [PDF]
In this paper, Slavonic manuscripts from the 11th century written in Glagolitic script are investigated. State-of-the-art optical character recognition methods produce poor results for degraded handwritten document images.
Diem, Markus +3 more
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Who is Patrick? – Answers from the Saint Patrick's Confessio HyperStack. Supporting Digital Humanities, Copenhagen 17 - 18 November 2011, Conference Proceedings [PDF]
Not everyone realizes that there are two Latin works, still surviving, that can definitely be attributed to Saint Patrick’s own authorship. On 14th September 2011 the Royal Irish Academy published his writings in a freely accessible form on line, both in
Fischer, Franz
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Tver Gospel of 1478 (codicology and palaeography)
The codicological and paleographic description of the Tver Gospel of 1478, a dated Tetraevangelia manuscript, has been performed. The place and time of the manuscript creation are indicated in the copyist’s record at the end of the book (f. 322v.).
G.A. Nikolaev
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Representation and Encoding of Heterogeneous Data in a Web Based Research Environment for Manuscript and Textual Studies [PDF]
This paper describes the general architecture of a digital research environment for manuscript and textual studies (particularly those pertaining to ancient Greek and Byzantine texts), and it discusses some questions of data representation and encoding ...
Deckers, Daniel +2 more
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Counting Sheep: Potential Applications of DNA Analysis to the Study of Medieval Parchment Production [PDF]
This chapter follows up on several preliminary tests that have shown that DNA survives in medieval parchment manuscript leaves and may be extracted and analyzed, and offers suggestions for defining and implementing future genetic studies of parchment.
Stinson, Timothy
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Visualizing the Fight Book Tradition
The Thun-Hohenstein album, long-known as the Thun’sche Skizzenbuch, is a bound collection of 112 drawings that visualize armoured figures at rest and in combat, as well as empty armours arrayed in pieces.
Chassica Kirchhoff
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