Syriaca.org hosted an online two-week training workshop (6/3-6/7/2024 and 7/8-7/12/2024) to introduce and train editorial review panelists to assist in the publication of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library: A New Digital Edition of Wright’s Catalog, a digital enhancement of William Wright’s Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum published by Syriaca.org in partnership with the British Library.
The new database is an open-access online resource designed to help users search and rearrange the manuscripts according to multiple criteria, many of which were not central to Wright’s system of organization (e.g. chronology, additions, marginalia, scribes, or forms of decoration).
29 participants from 14 countries were trained during the online workshop hosted by The Digital Lab at Vanderbilt University.
Participants received training in using the TEI XML encoding standard for manuscript descriptions and cataloging; and training in methods of collaborative digital humanities research, including the use of technical tools such as oXygen XML Editor and GitHub version control software.