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Flew under the Digital and non-Digital Scholarly Radars: Syriac Manuscripts and Fragments at Yale University (Part 1)
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Flew under the Digital and non-Digital Scholarly Radars: Syriac Manuscripts and Fragments at Yale University (Part 1)

As you might expect, not all rare materials (manuscripts and their fragments) are yet digitized. Sometimes still more surprising (and…

Ephrem A. IshacSeptember 13, 2022
Exploring Wellcome Collection’s Karshuni Manuscripts
Ancient Near Eastern StudiesArchivingDigitizationSyriac Studies

Exploring Wellcome Collection’s Karshuni Manuscripts

Written by Rosie Maxton. Wellcome Collection comprises close to 1000 Arabic manuscripts, showcasing a vast array of genres, historical periods…

Adrian PlauApril 1, 2022
New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 2
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New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 2

This is the second post in an interview of Prof. Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and Prof. David A. Michelson, who were…

Ephrem A. IshacMarch 22, 2022
New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 1
ArchivingDH in PracticeDigitizationEvents & ConferencesOnline ResourcesSyriac StudiesTextual Analysis

New Working Group for Linked Manuscript Descriptions, part 1

Recently, a new initiative to develop digital tools and create a common Linked Open Data for the study of Middle…

Ephrem A. IshacFebruary 22, 2022
“From Dead-ends into Gateways”: Interview with Dr. Nathan P. Gibson about Syriaca.org, 2nd and Final Part
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“From Dead-ends into Gateways”: Interview with Dr. Nathan P. Gibson about Syriaca.org, 2nd and Final Part

This is the second part of a series of posts by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based…

Ephrem A. IshacNovember 12, 2021
Interview with Dr. Nathan P. Gibson about Syriaca.org, Part 1
Online ResourcesSyriac Studies

Interview with Dr. Nathan P. Gibson about Syriaca.org, Part 1

This is the first part of a series of posts by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based…

Ephrem A. IshacSeptember 14, 2021
Automated Transcription of a Syriac Work’s Translated Text
DH in GeneralDH in PracticeOCRSyriac Studies

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…

lablaabJune 15, 2021
Toward an Ecosystem of the Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, 5th and Final Part
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Toward an Ecosystem of the Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, 5th and Final Part

This is the sixth and final post of a series by the Digital Orientalist’s Syriac Studies Editor, Ephrem Ishac, based on…

Ephrem A. IshacApril 13, 2021
Manuscripts as Refugees
ArchivingDigitizationSyriac StudiesTextual Analysis

Manuscripts as Refugees

Very recently we read news about Pope Francis presenting a restored Syriac liturgical manuscript to the Syriac Catholic Bishop of…

Ephrem A. IshacMarch 12, 2021
Early Thoughts on Manuscript Digitization – The Syriac Digital Humanities: An Interview with George A. Kiraz, Part 4
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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…

Ephrem A. IshacFebruary 23, 2021

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