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Modelling Medieval Hands: Practical Ocr For Caroline Minuscule, Brandon Hawk, Antonia Karaisl, Nick White
Modelling Medieval Hands: Practical Ocr For Caroline Minuscule, Brandon Hawk, Antonia Karaisl, Nick White
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This article presents the results of a series of experiments with open-source neural network OCR software on a total of 88 medieval manuscripts ranging from the ninth through thirteenth centuries.[5] Our scope in these experiments focused mainly on manuscripts written in Caroline minuscule, as well as a handful of test cases toward the end of our date range written in what may be called “Late Caroline” and “Early Gothic” scripts (termed “transitional” when taken together).[6] In the following, we discuss the possibilities and challenges of using OCR on medieval manuscripts, neural network technology and its use in OCR …
The Gospel Of Pseudo-Matthew, The Rule Of The Master, And The Rule Of Benedict, Brandon W. Hawk
The Gospel Of Pseudo-Matthew, The Rule Of The Master, And The Rule Of Benedict, Brandon W. Hawk
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The reliance of the apocryphal Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew on the Rule of Benedict has been long acknowledged. The most significant scene to demonstrate intertextuality between the Rule of Benedict and Pseudo-Matthew is chapter 6, which depicts Mary's ascetic life in a community of virgins. This scene adds much that is not in the main source, the Greek Protevangelium of James, based on the Benedictine life of work and prayer. Recent work on the sources of the apocryphal gospel, however, gives rise to questions about the sources involved in Pseudo-Matthew, especially opening up the possibility that the author of …