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Account of the DFG Project "Qalamos". #manuscripts #Asia #Africa #catalogs | @stabiberlin.bsky.social | Bayerische Staatsbibliothek | Universität Leipzig | Website: www.qalamos.net | Blog: https://od-portal.hypotheses.org
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Jetzt noch bis zum 21. November anmelden: #CallforPresentations für den 8. #Workshop #Retrodigitalisierung zum Thema „Digitalisierung für die Ewigkeit? Datenqualität in der Praxis“ am 19. und 20. März 2026! Alle Infos 👉 blog.sbb.berlin/wsrd26-cfp/
Call for Presentations - 8. Workshop Retrodigitalisierung "Digitalisierung für die Ewigkeit? - Datenqualität in der Praxis" - SBB aktuell
Der achte Workshop Retrodigitalisierung findet am 19. und 20. März 2026 in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Haus Unter den Linden in Berlin statt. Er richtet sich an Praktiker:innen, die sich in Bibli...
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November 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It seems that #AI can effortlessly generate quite accurate #transcriptions! 🦾 Here Gemini 2.5 Flash converts tricky #romanization standards (like #DIN_31635) back into the original #Arabic_script and other scholarly formats like #LoC. Could save hours of painstaking work!😇
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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obsessed with the woodblock cut illuminated letters from the first Armenian printed bible, 1668, of which the NAASR Mardigian library miraculously has a copy
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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The countdown has started! In just 10 days, we'll be welcoming you to the Middle East Studies Association Annual Meeting in Washington, DC.

We can't wait to see you there!
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Is training a custom AI model worth the effort?

That depends on your documents.

While public models work well in many instances, if your collection has unique handwriting, complex layouts, or specialised terminology, then a custom model might be right for you.

Find out more 👇
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Is it worth training a model on Transkribus?
Learn when to use public models and when to train custom models in Transkribus create effective and accurate transcriptions of your documents.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Call for Papers: The Ottoman Balkans as a Space for Multilingualism

From 4-6 June 2026, the international workshop “The Ottoman Balkans as a Space for Multilingualism: Actors, Practices, and Sites of Translation” will take place at the Gazi Husrev-beg Library in Sarajevo.
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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What role did manuscripts play in disseminating doctrine in 17th century Northwest Africa? Learn more in Caitlyn Olson's Gotha Manuscript Talk "The Circulation of a 17th-Century Theological Controversy in Northwest Africa".
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 6:15 CET
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@csmc-hamburg.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.

To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.

Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Announcing the J.P. Gumbert Dissertation Award 2025! 🏆

We are looking for the best PhD thesis on any aspect of manuscript studies defended between 1 Sep 2024 and 31 Dec 2025. The award includes a prize of 5,000 EUR and a fellowship at the CSMC.

Apply by 6 February 2026!

uhh.de/csmc-jpga-2025
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Handwritten Text Recognition hat sich zur Schlüsseltechnologie der digitalen Geschichtswissenschaft entwickelt. Doch die Wahl der Plattform – #Transkribus oder #eScriptorium – ist weit mehr als eine technische Frage, schreibt Melvin Wilde 👇

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#HTR #DigitalHistory
Von der Handschrift zum Volltext: HTR in der Digital History
Vor wenigen Jahren war Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) noch ein Nischenthema in der digitalen Geschichtswissenschaft. Inzwischen gehört sie zum methodischen Repertoire vieler Projekte und das nicht nur, weil sie die ressourcenintensive Arbeit des Transkribierens erleichtert, sondern auch, weil sie neue Perspektiven und Zugänge zu historischen Quellen eröffnet. Der zunehmende Einsatz von KI-gestützter Texterkennung verändert, wie … „Von der Handschrift zum Volltext: HTR in der Digital History“ weiterlesen
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November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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🔜 „Databases of Digitised #Manuscripts: Their Users and Use“ – am 20./21. Nov. findet die #DiHeLib Konferenz an der @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social statt. Wir freuen uns, das #Handschriftenportal in zwei Beiträgen der Sektion „Data for Users“ zu präsentieren 👉 dihelib.id.uj.edu.pl/en_GB/aktual...
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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I have a new open-access article in the Cambridge Semitic Languages and Cultures series. It examines an unknown Judaeo-Arabic manuscript of Genesis from the 10th century. I argue that it's evidence of medieval Jews reciting the Bible in a formal register of Egyptian Arabic. doi.org/10.11647/obp...
A Jewish Translation of Genesis in 10th-Century Egyptian Arabic
MS Firkovitch Yevr. II B 1526 comes from a Judaeo-Arabic translation of the biblical book of Genesis produced no later than the tenth century. It consists of two parchment folios containing most of Ge...
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November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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#Employment The Department of Middle Eastern Studies at The University of Chicago invites applications for a position as an Instructional Professor (open rank) in modern Hebrew. mesana.org/resources-an...
Middle East Studies Association
The Department of Middle Eastern Studies invites applications for a position as an Instructional Professor (open rank) in modern Hebrew.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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#SaveTheDate Am 12.11. findet um 17 Uhr die Führung "Bücher - Wissen - Wandel" durch die historischen Schauräume der Forschungsbibliothek Gotha @unierfurt.bsky.social statt. Weitere Infos gibt es hier: www.uni-erfurt.de/forschungsbi...
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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Important publication!📚 With its module #manuscript_notes also #Qalamos draws the attention of the scholars to the notes of various types and genres in the margins of #manuscripts. So far over five thousand marginal notes recorded. Read more here:👇
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November 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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#ICYMI applications are open for the
@bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Bahari Visiting Fellowship, supporting research in its Persian & Islamic Collections.

For more information visit bit.ly/BahariFellowship. Please note that applications close Friday 28 November.

#persian #bodleianlibrary #oxforduniversity
November 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
An interesting discovery: A manuscript (shelfmark Chambers 821 b) in #Qalamos that served as an English-Bengali dictionary or glossary, in which not only the Bengali words in the right column are written in Bengali script, but also the English terms in the left. .../1
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Unser neues Datenrelease ist live! Neu hinzugekommen sind u. a. 182 digitalisierte #Fragmente des Schlossmuseums Sondershausen, 679 Beschreibungen der @stabiberlin.bsky.social & 223 Digitalisate der #BSBMünchen.👉 handschriftenportal.de/info/release-notes
#medievalsky @fragmentarium.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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#GutenMorgen! Unser Programm der Woche:

☀️ Mo, 3.11.: Datencafé
☀️ Mi, 5.11.: Escape Game: Last Exit Stabi
☀️ Mi, 5.11.: Workshop: Briefe und Tagebücher transkribieren
☀️ Do, 6.11.: Festkonzert: Original Gelesen - Die geretteten Noten Georg Philipp Telemanns

Zum Kalender 👉 blog.sbb.berlin/termine/
TERMINE - SBB aktuell
Ausstellungen und Veranstaltungen der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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November 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Team #Qalamos sends their best #Halloween wishes with the most impressive demons from South Asian (shelfmark Hs or 1931) and Middle Eastern manuscripts (shelfmark Ms or fol 4103). 🧛‍♀️👻👺💀 🎃
@stabiberlin.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Entdeckt die #BerlinScieneWeek an der #Stabi:

🚀Mo, 3.11.: Das bewegte Buch – zur interaktiven Visualisierung historischer Spielbilderbücher mit Animationstechnologie.

🚀Do, 6.11.: AI and Knowledge #CrossAsia and the #StabiLab

Alle Infos 👉 blog.sbb.berlin/bsw25/

@crossasia.bsky.social
Events zur Berlin Science Week 2025 - SBB aktuell
Wie das Volumen ihrer bei der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft und anderen Fördereinrichtungen eingeworbenen Drittmittel dokumentiert – knapp 6,65 Millionen Euro alleine im vergangenen Jahr –, zählt d...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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Applications are now open for the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Bahari Visiting Fellowship, supporting research in its Persian and Islamic Collections.

For more information visit bit.ly/BahariFellowship. Please note that applications close Friday 28 November.

#persian #bodleianlibrary #oxforduniversity
October 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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October 28, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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📢Am Mittwoch, 29.10. ab 17 Uhr findet im #CrossAsia Classroom die Schulung "CrossAsia – Fachinformationsdienst Asien (FID Asien): Einführung in das Portal" statt.
@stabiberlin.bsky.social
Wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme! Alle Infos finden Sie hier: sbb.berlin/49tby8
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM