IMC 2023: Sessions

Session 838: Materiality of Manuscripts, IV: Possibilities and Challenges

Tuesday 4 July 2023, 16.30-18.00

Organisers:	Katarzyna Anna Kapitan, Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Københavns Universitet N Yavuz, Den Arnamagnæanske Samling, Københavns Universitet
Moderator/Chair:	Dominique Stutzmann, Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes (IRHT), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris
Paper 838-a	Applying Handwritten Text Recognition to the Distinctiones Collections: Building a Broad Model for Fine-Tuning with eScriptorium (Language: English) Svetlana Yatsyk, Centre for Medieval Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Latin, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 838-b	Digital Mimesis: A Digital Edition in Service of a Digital Facsimile (Language: English) Michael Treschow, Faculty of Creative & Critical Studies, University of British Columbia Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Language and Literature - Old English, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Paper 838-c	A Roll May Scroll but It Is Not a Webpage: Issues of Presenting Pennsylvania, Penn Libraries, MS Roll 1066 in a Digital Environment (Language: English) Dorothy Carr Porter, Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies, University of Pennsylvania Index terms: Computing in Medieval Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography
Abstract	The final session on the materiality of manuscripts focuses on digital manuscript studies and the representation of materiality. Presenting a model for handwritten text recognition, Yatsyk discusses potentials for improving the quality of the transcribed text. Focusing on a new digital edition of the Old English Soliloquies, Treschow considers how the markup serves to mediate the digital facsimile. Using the case of the recent edition of Pennsylvania, Penn Libraries, MS Roll 1066, Porter discusses the challenges associated with displaying and publishing medieval rolls.