Terras, Melissa M. and Paul Robertson. 2006. Image to interpretation: Intelligent systems to aid historians in the reading of the Vindolanda texts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. xi + 252 pages.
Melissa Terras's monograph deals with the complex process of reading ancient documents from a humanities computing perspective. The book focuses on the methodological and technical issues behind the implementation of a system that helps historians read tablets written in Old Roman Cursive scrip...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Open Library of Humanities
2009-10-01
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Series: | Digital Medievalist |
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Online Access: | https://journal.digitalmedievalist.org/articles/23 |
Summary: | Melissa Terras's monograph deals with the complex process of reading ancient documents from a humanities computing perspective. The book focuses on the methodological and technical issues behind the implementation of a system that helps historians read tablets written in Old Roman Cursive script found at the Roman fort of Vindolanda (dating from AD 90 to 120). |
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ISSN: | 1715-0736 |