The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Online Catalogue
I (re)catalogued about over 550 ‘oriental’ manuscripts of the Pote Collection of Islamic manuscripts in the course of two consecutive…
Category: Digitization
Manuscripts as Refugees
Very recently we read news about Pope Francis presenting a restored Syriac liturgical manuscript to the Syriac Catholic Bishop of…
Automatic Arabic Translation Using Google: A Test
Several months ago a rather interesting blog post was brought to my attention. This was a post by Christopher Rose…
Images of the BUDA: Digital Archives and the Future of Research Using Linked Open Data
The Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, organizing, and disseminating Buddhist literature based in Boston,…
Early Thoughts on Manuscript Digitization – The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 4
This is the fifth post of a series by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based on his interview…
Fingernail Art (II): Three-dimensional Calligraphy and Drawing in the 19th-Century
Part II : Neighbouring Countries and Contemporary artists Abstract Fingernail art is a little known and studied Persian artistic medium,…
DH in Korea: The Digital Humanities Lab at the Academy of Korean Studies
In a previous post I briefly presented some of the richest and most commonly used online resources for Korean Studies.…
The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 3
This is the fourth post of a series by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based on his interview…
Book and Document Scanning with the CZUR Aura X Pro
I recently purchased a CZUR Aura X Pro to scan documents and books in my office, home, and at libraries…
The Digital Syriac Corpus: An Interview with Prof. James E. Walters
In addition to the contributions of the Beth Mardutho Institute to the world of Syriac Digital Humanities (which I have…