magazén International Journal for Digital and Public Humanities

Journal | magazén
Monographic journal issue | 1 | 1 | 2020
Research Article | The Digital Enhancement of a Discipline

The Digital Enhancement of a Discipline

Byzantine Sigillography and Digital Humanities

Abstract

Byzantine sigillography is intrinsically interdisciplinary. Unlike other sister auxiliary disciplines, such as epigraphy or numismatics, sigillography has not yet benefited from the experience gained within the Digital Humanities. SigiDoc, the newborn encoding standard for Byzantine seals, is the first attempt to bridge this gap. This paper is aimed at investigating the interactive fusion of aspects of interdisciplinarity between Byzantine Sigillography and the Digital Humanities whilst illustrating the ‘digital genealogy’ of SigiDoc in the broader context of TEI, as well as its relationship of reciprocity with open source initiatives and tools, such as EpiDoc and EFES (EpiDoc Front-End Services).


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: July 15, 2020 | Accepted: Oct. 14, 2020 | Published Dec. 2, 2020 | Language: en

Keywords Byzantine StudiesEFES (EpiDoc Front-End Services)SigiDocEpiDocByzantine SigillographyDigital Scholarly EditionNumismaticsEpigraphy

Subtags Publication Epistemology Environment Hermeneutics Textual data Documents Analysis Discourse


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