Computer Processing of Medieval Slavic Manuscripts in the Institute of literature BAS

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Computer Processing of Medieval Slavic
Manuscripts in the Institute of literature BAS

• Repertorium
• (1994-2004)
• Anissava Miltenova,
• Department of Old Bulgarian Literature,
• Institute of Literature,
• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

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The beginning

• Why late medieval Slavic miscellanies and
  implementation of computer tools?
• Miscellanies with mixed content
• Readable type of miscellanies were compiled
  mainly on the basis of the cognitive interests of
  compilers and readers
• Unstable structure and composition
• Non-occupational, non-liturgical application
• Variety of text forms and themes different
  constitutional genres

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The state of art

• 1994-1995
• 1996-1999
• 2000-2004
• The Future

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Stage 1 1994-95

• 1994, Bulgarian-American project "Computer
  Supported Processing of Old Slavic Manuscripts"
• (Andrej Boyadžiev, Anissava Miltenova, David
  Birnbaum, Milena Dobreva)
• 1995, 24th28th July, conference in Blagoevgrad
• Template for Slavonic Manuscripts (SGML)
• Anthology with proceedings

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The main principles of the project Repertorium

• Standardizing of document file formats
• Multiple use (data should be separated from
  processing)
• Portability of electronic texts (independence of
  local platforms)
• Orientation to the well-structured divisions of
  data according to the guidelines of codicology,
  orthography, paleography, textology, etc.

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Stage 2 1996-99

• 1996-98, Institute of Literature, BAS,
  description of 150 Slavic manuscripts
• Project Computer-Supported Processing of
  Slavonic Manuscripts and Early Printed Books,
  joint with prof. Ralph Cleminson at the Central
  European University (Budapest, Humngary
• Commission for computer processing of Slavic
  manuscripts and early printed books to the
  International committee of Slavists (1998--)

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Stage 3 2000-2004

• Medieval Slavic Manuscripts and SGML Problems
  and Perspectives (Sofia, 2000)
• Project Electronic Description and Edition of
  Slavic Sources, 2002-2003 (UNESCO)
• The project with Slavic department in the
  University of Göteborg (2002-2004)
• The project with British Library (2003-2005)
• Conference in Pomorie (September, 2002)
• Computational Approaches to the Study of Early
  and Modern Slavic Languages and Texts.
  Proceedings. (Sofia, 2003)

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Project Repertorium today in outline

• Model for highly structured description of
  manuscript materials based on XML format
  (designed in its last version by Andrej
  Boyadžiev)
• Corpus of over 300 Slavic manuscripts (11th--18th
  centuries)
• Model for electronic edition of Old Slavonic
  texts in XML format
• Model for comparison of the content of
  miscellanies
• Model for linguistic analysis (under preparing)

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Branching of the Repertorium

• 1. Description of medieval Slavic manuscripts
• Analytical description of manuscripts in Bulgaria
  (chronologically and by collections)
• Analytical description of manuscripts in foreign
  libraries (British Library)
• 2. Implementation of the corpus of texts in
  individual projects, for ex.
• Ana Stoykova (hagiography and miracles)
• Anissava Miltenova (mixed-content miscellanies,
  apocrypha)
• Dilyana Radoslavova (late medieval copyists and
  literary centers)
• Dimitrinka Dimitrova (late medieval damascenes,
  Josif Bradati)
• Radsolava Stankova (hymnography, content of
  minea)
• Maya Petrova (women saints cults, content of
  miscellanies)
• etc.
• 3. Corpus of bibliography

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Bulgarian Institutions

• Sofia University St. Kliment Oxridski
• Central Library of BAS
• National Library SS Cyril and Methodius
• Archive of Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
• Church Historical and Archive Institute
• Institute of Bulgarian Language BAS
• Institute of History BAS
• Institute of Mathematics BAS

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Bridging with foreign institutions

• University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA, USA
• Ohio State University, Columbus OH, USA
• British Library, London, Grate Britain
• Institute of Russian Language, Moscow, Russia
• Library of Russian Academy, St Petersburg, Russia
• University in Göteborg, Sweden
• National Museum in Lviv, Ukraine
• Institute of literature, Bucharest, Romania
• Institute of Byzantine Studies, Belgrade, Serbia
  Montenegro

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Publications

• Computational Approaches to the Study of Early
  and Modern Slavic Languages and Texts.
  Proceedings of the Electronic Description and
  Edition of Slavic Sources conference, 2426
  September 2002, Pomorie, Bulgaria. (Sofia 2003)
• Scripta e-Scripta (1, 2003 2, 2004,
  forthcoming)
• http//clover.slavic.pitt.edu/repertorium/http
  //www.ceu.hu/medstud/ralph/obsht.htm

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Current activities

• Joint projects (Description of Slavic manuscripts
  in London, Dilyana Radsolavova, Chris Thomas,
  Ralph Cleminson, etc.)
• Preparation of CD with available materials
• (descriptions, bibliography, XSLT and SVG
  files, etc.)
• Publications (for ex. on the late medieval
  mixed-content miscellanies, A. Miltenova and D.
  Birnbaum etc.)
• Membership in TEI

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The future

• Description of small collections
• Linguistic and codicological analysis
• Tool for terminology (new project, with financial
  support from NSF in Bulgaria)
• Improvement of the searching machine based on
  XSLT
• AZBUKY.NET, 24-27 October, Sofia, 2005)