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Cataloging the copies
Describing the exemplar, its date, copyist, and physical condition.
From images of the copies to a documented text
Manuscript Editing & Manuscript Studies Lab
A workspace that brings together copy images, reading, collation, variants, comments, and documentation on one screen.
Project management
From describing the exemplar to producing the text
Every step is saved and open to review by the supervisor.
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Reading
Transcribing the text with markers for unclear passages.
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Collation
Recording variants, omissions, and corruptions among the copies.
04
Production
Footnotes, documentation, indexes, and exporting the text.
Interface preview
Collating copies without losing context
A demo interface showing the relationship between the image, the text, and the variants log.
Praise be to God, who preserved the Sunnah of His Prophet and raised for it men who narrate it and defend it. The author then said: ḥaddathanā (he related to us) so-and-so, on the authority of his teacher; while in the other copy it reads «akhbaranā» (he informed us), which agrees with what the copyist recorded in the following place…
Learn manuscript editing by practice
Join the manuscripts track to carry out a complete project under supervision.