Leuven, 18 september 2013

Herman Brinkman

A Shift from Print to ‘Born Digital’Editing Medieval Miscellanies from the Netherlands

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The transformation of an editorial practice1 History, aims and practices of the MVN edition series

2 The transition to ‘born digital’: considerations from the perspectives of users and editors

3 Working environments: from XML to eLaborate

4 Publication platform

The transformation of an editorial practice1 History, aims and practices of the MVN edition series

1992 : initiative for integral diplomatic editions of medieval manuscript sources- existing critical editions too often obscure the manuscript text- manuscripts esp. miscellanies represent historical reading

environments > shift in focus from text to context- critical editions single out one text, while many ‘lesser

important’ texts remain unedited- texts from one manuscript are too often edited according to

different editorial practices

1 History, aims and practices of the MVN edition series (continued)

- integral editions open up a new research area: many mss. display a diversity of ‘smaller’ genres: tales, riddles, proverbs, epigraphs, mnemotechnical verses, household rules, stanzaic poetry, prose treatises, excerpts, quotations, etc., etc.

- diplomatic editions (combined with manuscript description) lead to better localization of the language or even determination of the provenance

- 1992: establisment of an MVN- project committee and collaboration with Constantijn Huygens Institute

- 1994: first publication

Medieval Miscellanies from the Netherlands (1994 - )

I Het Geraardsbergse handschrift prt diplII Het handschrift-Jan Phillipsz prt diplIII Het Tübingse Sint-Geertruihandschrift prt diplIV Het Comburgse handschrift prt diplV Het handschrift-Borgloon prt diplVI Het Haagse handschrift van heraut Beyeren prt diplVII Het handschrift-Van Hulthem prt diplVIII Het Hartebok prt diplIX Het Gaesdonckse traktatenhandschrift prt diplX Het Weense arteshandschrift prt diplXI Het Wiesbadense handschrift prt crit*XII Het Berlijnse liederenhandschrift prt crit*XIII Het Gruuthuse-handschrift prt crit*XIV Het Van vrouwen ende van minne-handschrift online dipl

Medieval Miscellanies from the Netherlands (1994 - )

Work in progress and future editions

*XV Het Heber-Serrure handschrift online dipl* - Brussel, KB, II 144 online dipl* - Het Freckenhorstse handschrift online dipl* - Het Oudenaardse rijmboek prt crit* - Het handschrift-Van der Stock online dipl* - Het Beatrijs-handschrift online dipl

Medieval Miscellanies from the Netherlandsprinted editions available in pdf through

DBNL – The Digital Library of Dutch Literature:www.dbnl.org

www.textualscholarship.nl > Digitale edities > MVN

Het handschrift-Jan Phillipsz. Hs. Berlijn, Staatsbibliothek Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Germ. Qu. 557.

Ed. H Brinkman. Hilversum:Verloren, 1995.

Leiden, c. 1473-1481Main scribe: Jan Phillipsz, town secretary of Leiden.

Previously:Holland, second half of 15th centuryProvenance: unknown

The Jan Phillipsz manuscript, text 120

Johannes Phylippi= Jan Phillipsz, town secretary of Leyden († 1509)

Vranco Philippi= Vranck Phillipsz, brother of Jan Phillipsz, civic servant in Leyden

deleted names are close relatives of the scribe

katrijn vranckendochter= Katrijn Vranck Phillipszdochter, daughter of Vranck Phillipsz

joest= Joest Jan Phillipszoen, son of Jan Phillipsz

Þ identification of the provenance of the ms. through deleted line with names: Leyden, relatives of town secretary

Þ both appear to have died c. 1473

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The transformation of an editorial practice2 The transition to ‘born digital’: considerations from

the perspectives of users and editors

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The transformation of an editorial practice2 The transition to ‘born digital’: considerations from the perspectives of

users and editors

User perspective: what might a user want in a digital edition?

- long term accessibility- fixed url’s for stable reference- reliable source representation: both text and manuscript- images of the manuscript pages- representation of the writing process- readability: human eye + computer (analytical tools)- overview of the structure of the text collection as a whole- flexible rendering of different representations of the text- search options and exportable display of search results- export of text in different file formats

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The transformation of an editorial practice2 The transition to ‘born digital’: considerations from the

perspectives of users and editors

Perspective of the editor: what might an editor want in a digital working environment?

- not be bothered by technicalities- concentration on content in stead of form- writing aids (as little code as possible, ready made mark up)- program should be able to cope with complex textual features- tools for collaboration (multiple editors)- version control

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The transformation of an editorial practice2 The transition to ‘born digital’: conflicting priorities

Conflicts:user > < usermark up plain text

editor > < editorsimple mark up coping with complex features

editor > > usersimple mark up writing process

more features = more development (working environment and publication environment)

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The transformation of an editorial practice

3 Working environments developed at the Huygens ING

1. XML-TEI for MVN (edited text) in oXygen / Word Press for Introductory texts- stand alone- support for editor, tutorials, guidelines- no support for publication and maintenance

2. eLaborate – all purpose transcription and publication tool- on line- transcription, annotation (user definable classes)- collaborative tool

Present situation:- MVN editions are prepared in XML-TEI- publication platform eLaborate made suitable for MVN editions (test phase)- upgrading of eLaborate to meet MVN standards

MVN working environment using oXygen as XML editor

Set up: MVN framework (Peter Boot)

xml filexml schemaMVN templatecharacter declarations (xml)font: junicode (for abbreviation marks)xslt stylesheetscss style sheet for html rendering

MVN working environment using oXygen as XML editor

html rendering of XML-filethrough 4 transformation scenarios

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeadertext "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDescencodingDescprofileDesc

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDesctitleStmtpublicationStmtseriesStmtsourceDesc

encodingDescprofileDesc

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDesctitleStmt

titleeditor

publicationStmtseriesStmtsourceDesc

encodingDescprofileDesc

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDesctitleStmtpublicationStmt

pseriesStmtsourceDesc

encodingDescprofileDesc

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDesctitleStmtpublicationStmtseriesStmt

title MVNbiblScope "vol" 14

sourceDescencodingDescprofileDesc

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDesctitleStmtpublicationStmtseriesStmtsourceDesc

msDescencodingDescprofileDesc

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDesctitleStmtpublicationStmtseriesStmtsourceDesc

msDescmsIdentifier

encodingDescprofileDesc

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDesctitleStmtpublicationStmtseriesStmtsourceDesc

msDescmsIdentifier

placeNameinstitutionidnomsName

encodingDescprofileDesc

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDescencodingDesc

xi:include ”charDecl”editorialDecl

profileDesctext "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDescencodingDesc

xi:include ”charDecl”editorialDecl

pprofileDesc

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeader

fileDescencodingDescprofileDesc

handNoteshandNotehandNotehandNote

text "VVEVM"

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeadertext "VVEVM"

group

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeadertext "VVEVM"

grouptexttextgrouptexttextgrouptext

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeadertext "VVEVM"

grouptexttextgroup

texttext

texttextgroup

grouptexttext

text

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeadertext "VVEVM"

grouptext

body

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeadertext "VVEVM"

grouptext

bodyheadlgcloser

MVN xmlns http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0teiHeadertext "VVEVM"

grouptext

bodyheadlg

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Van vrouwen ende van minne (VVEVM)[The Hague, Royal Library, 75 H 57]

manuscript: folium 1 recto, line 3text: no. 1, line 61

<lb n="3" xml:id="VVEVMf1r.3"/><l n="61" xml:id="VVEVM1.61">Die dus vriendeliken voir mi sneet</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

[Because we cannot do without love]

minne: with abbreviation bar for letter ‘n’ons: written as ‘mons’ and corrected by a strikethrough into ‘ons’tontberne: with abbreviation mark apostrophe for ‘er’

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Want minne en staet ons niet tonberne

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.17"/><l n="98" xml:id="VVEVM1.98">Want

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan></choice> en staet <del type="strikethrough"

rend="vertical">m</del>ons niet<choice><abbr>tonb<g ref="#apomod"/>ne</abbr><expan>tonb<ex>er</ex>ne</expan></choice>

</l>

Notes and signs by the scribe as type "ms" and location as place attribute

<lb n="17" xml:id="VVEVMf29v.17"/><note type="ms" place="margin-left">//</note><l n="81" xml:id="VVEVM4.81">Die mi dunct soe euer hoech</l>

Paleographic comment by the editor as <note> of type "pc"

Line: En can ic niet vertrecken w[e>a]elNote: De a in wael is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven e.

<l n="76" xml:id="VVEVM1.76">En can ic niet vertrecken w<subst><del>e<note rend="alternative" type="pc">De <mentioned>a</mentioned> in <mentioned>wael</mentioned> is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven <mentioned>e</mentioned>.</note></del><add>a</add></subst>el

</l>

Paleographic comment by the editor as <note> of type "pc"

Line: En can ic niet vertrecken w[e>a]elNote: De a in wael is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven e.

<l n="76" xml:id="VVEVM1.76">En can ic niet vertrecken w<subst><del>e<note rend="alternative" type="pc">De <mentioned>a</mentioned> in <mentioned>wael</mentioned> is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven <mentioned>e</mentioned>.</note></del><add>a</add></subst>el

</l>

Paleographic comment by the editor as <note> of type "pc"

Line: En can ic niet vertrecken w[e>a]elNote: De a in wael is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven e.

<l n="76" xml:id="VVEVM1.76">En can ic niet vertrecken w<subst><del>e<note rend="alternative" type="pc">De <mentioned>a</mentioned> in <mentioned>wael</mentioned> is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven <mentioned>e</mentioned>.</note></del><add>a</add></subst>el

</l>

Paleographic comment by the editor as <note> of type "pc"

Line: En can ic niet vertrecken w[e>a]elNote: De a in wael is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven e.

<l n="76" xml:id="VVEVM1.76">En can ic niet vertrecken w<subst><del>e<note rend="alternative" type="pc">De <mentioned>a</mentioned> in <mentioned>wael</mentioned> is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven <mentioned>e</mentioned>.</note></del><add>a</add></subst>el

</l>

Paleographic comment by the editor as <note> of type "pc"

Line: En can ic niet vertrecken w[e>a]elNote: De a in wael is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven e.

<l n="76" xml:id="VVEVM1.76">En can ic niet vertrecken w<subst><del>e<note rend="alternative" type="pc">De <mentioned>a</mentioned> in <mentioned>wael</mentioned> is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven <mentioned>e</mentioned>.</note></del><add>a</add></subst>el

</l>

Paleographic comment by the editor as <note> of type "pc"

Line: En can ic niet vertrecken w[e>a]elNote: De a in wael is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven e.

<l n="76" xml:id="VVEVM1.76">En can ic niet vertrecken w<subst><del>e<note rend="alternative" type="pc">De <mentioned>a</mentioned> in <mentioned>wael</mentioned> is verbeterd uit een eerder geschreven <mentioned>e</mentioned>.</note></del><add>a</add></subst>el

</l>

Ter herten men heet der minne sone nient issermen<l n="174" xml:id="VVEVM1.174">

<del type="strikethrough" rend="horizontal">Ter herte</del>n men heet der

<choice><abbr>mi<g ref="#bar"/>ne</abbr><expan>mi<ex>n</ex>ne</expan>

</choice> sone <del type="strikethrough" rend="horizontal">

<choice><abbr>nie<g ref="#bar"/>t</abbr><expan>nie<ex>n</ex>t</expan>

</choice></del>

<choice><abbr>is<g ref="#slongbarslash"/>me<g

ref="#bar"/></abbr><expan>is<ex>ser</ex>me<ex>n</ex></expan>

</choice></l>

in Character Declarations<char xml:id="slongbarslash">

<charName>LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DIAGONAL STROKE</charName>

<mapping type="mufi">&#x1e9c;</mapping><mapping type="junicode">&#x1e9c;</mapping><mapping type="standard">&#x1e9c;</mapping>

</char>

Dat ghi mi doir of [gh]ewagen

<lb n="10" xml:id="VVEVMf1v.10"/><l n="91" xml:id="VVEVM1.91">Dat ghi mi doir of

<damage agent="rubbing">gh</damage>ewagen

</l>

Als si hem al onder sien

<lb n="7" xml:id="VVEVMf10v.7"/><l n="493" xml:id="VVEVM1.493">Als si hem

<add place="above-line">al<note rend="alternative" type="pc">Boven

de regel is <mentioned>al</mentioned> geschreven.</note>

</add> onder sien</l>

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The transformation of an editorial practice

3 Working environments: towards an integration with eLaborate

Features of the eLaborate working environment:- settings defined by the editor: collaborators, metadata,

annotation classes- images manuscript pages- transcription area- annotation area- extra layers: critical text, translation

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The transformation of an editorial practice

4 On line publication platform (eLaborate)

folio browser

expanded abbreviations (not marked)

expanded abbreviations italic

abbreviations not expandedwriting process

verse numbers

search results

export

- XML-file

- plain text file (version with expanded abbreviations)

main challenges

transition to eLaborate:- combining complex mark up with user

friendliness for the editor- rendering of all marked up features in html- less dependence on developers at Huygens

ING

Thank you very much!