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…
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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…
Some additional thoughts on regular expressions… for text analysis
In an earlier post here on The Digital Orientalist, Mariana Zorkina introduced the topic of regular expressions (or in short…
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…
Can I automate the boring stuff with ChatGPT?
A quick API solution for a Chinese text classification task– and its limitations. This is a guest post by Tilman…
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Accessibility of Texts and Tools in Ancient Studies: Reframing the Discussion
This is a guest post by Sarah Blake LaRose. As a scholar of biblical studies who is blind, I often…
Genius loci (Part 2): Mapping places from Japanese texts
This guest contribution is written by Anna Oskina. Introduction In my previous post, I showed how to extract proper names…
Genius loci: extracting names and places from Japanese texts
This guest contribution is written by Anna Oskina. Introduction Among other things, the digital humanities deals with individual items, which…
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Read and Write Coptic on Your Smartphone: Interview with Mina Makar on Coptic Bible, Dictionary, Keyboard, and Agpeya Apps
Coptic is the last stage of the Egyptian language and is still used at Coptic Christian churches. Coptic uses the…
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An interview with Professor Sarah Savant about KITAB project, part 2
This is the second part of the interview with Sarah Savant, Professor at the Aga Khan University–Institute for the Study…