The Pote Collection of Islamic Manuscripts: The Highlights of Eton part (II)
The Pote collection of Islamic manuscripts was brought to England in 1790 and was divided between King’s College and Eton…
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Using Voyant Tools with Historical Japanese Texts
Lu Wang’s recent two-piece series (part 1 and part 2) on using Voyant Tools to analyse Chinese language texts captured…
Automated Transcription of a Syriac Work’s Translated Text
During last spring I thought a lot about the topic for this post. I even felt a certain discouragement, which…
The Changing Role of Textile Making: Text Analysis of Digitized “Lienü zhuan” with Voyant Tools (Part II)
Voyant Tools is a website that allows text analysis in multiple languages with handy, easy-to-learn digital tools. In my earlier…
The Schedule for the Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Workshop and Conference 2021
Today we are happy to announce the schedule for the Digital Orientalist’s Virtual Workshop and Conference 2021, which will be…
Kitāb or kitaab: improving search and discovery for global languages
Written by Lara Salha, Harrison Pim, James Gorrie, and Adrian Plau. Wellcome Collection holds a diverse collection of multilingual items, ranging…
Classical Language Tools
Visitors to my personal blog know that I am currently wrestling with a particular Greek biblical tradition of the book…
The epic world of Djibril Tamsir Niane (1932-2021)
One of Guinea’s foremost scholars passed away in March of this year at the age of 89 from COVID-19. Djibril…
Cultural Heritage Online: What do we lose when exhibitions go digital?
For the past decade, cultural heritage institutions across the globe have been dabbling with the digital realm by employing multimedia…
Some Reflections on Online Resources for Chinese Palaeography
My previous posts introduced a series of online resources and databases that have become essential tools for the study of…