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Current approaches on Automatic Recognition of Ethiopic script
The script used by the Christian cultures of Ethiopia is ancient, developing from the Sabaean script in the first centuries…
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…
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The Digital Cold War and Decolonization: Archives, Methods, and Tools
Introduction Up until a few years ago, the history of the Cold War was dominated by interpretations that focused solely…
Transforming the way we interact with digital (text) collections with IIIF
If you are interested in digital humanities, cultural heritage, or any field that involves working with images and audio/visual materials…
Exhibiting the Ancient Silk Roads Virtually
The term “ancient Silk Roads” conventionally refers to the historical networks of trade routes spanning West, East, Central, and South…
Train Your Own OCR/HTR Models with Kraken, part 1
How to train custom OCR/HTR models in Kraken
Georgian-Persian Illuminated Historical Documents from K.Kekelidze Georgian National Centre of Manuscripts
The digitization of Georgian-Persian illuminated documents represents an important and urgent cultural and research desideratum. These rare manuscripts remain exceptional,…
Generating Kuzushiji Images with Soan
It is a rarity that writers at the Digital Orientalist explore projects that might be described as “DH for fun,”…
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Saving, organizing, and sharing data with Wakelet
“For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned,” Benjamin Franklin wrote. Personally, lack of organization has always been…