Lorenzo Calvelli ; Federico Boschetti ; Tatiana Tommasi - EpiSearch. Identifying Ancient Inscriptions in Epigraphic Manuscripts

jdmdh:10417 - Journal of Data Mining & Digital Humanities, 26 décembre 2023, Documents historiques et reconnaissance automatique de texte - https://doi.org/10.46298/jdmdh.10417
EpiSearch. Identifying Ancient Inscriptions in Epigraphic ManuscriptsArticle

Auteurs : Calvelli, Lorenzo ORCID1; Boschetti, Federico ORCID2; Tommasi, Tatiana ORCID3

  • 1 Department of Humanities, Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
  • 2 Institute for Computational Linguistics "A. Zampolli", (CNR-ILC) & Venice Centre for Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH), DSU, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
  • 3 University of Udine, Ca' Foscari University of Venice and VeDPH, Italy

AbstractEpigraphic documents are an essential source of evidence for our knowledge of the ancient world. Nonetheless, a significant number of inscriptions have not been preserved in their material form. In fact, their texts can only be recovered thanks to handwritten materials and, in particular, the so-called epigraphic manuscripts. EpiSearch is a pilot project that explores the application of digital technologies deployed to retrieve the epigraphic evidence found in these sources. The application of Handwritten Text Recognition (HTR) to epigraphic manuscripts is a challenging task, given the nature and graphic layout of these documents. Yet, our research shows that, even with some limits, HTR technologies can be used successfully. 


Volume : Documents historiques et reconnaissance automatique de texte
Rubrique : Sciences de l'Antiquité et humanités numériques
Publié le : 26 décembre 2023
Accepté le : 7 juillet 2023
Soumis le : 2 décembre 2022
Mots-clés : Epigraphy,Manuscripts,Inscriptions,Digital Humanities,Handwritten Text Recognition

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