William Wright, Catalogue of Syriac manuscripts in the British museum acquired since the year 1838 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1870), vol. 1, title page.
Welcome to A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library: A Linked Data Encoding of the Catalogue of William Wright
Editors: David A. Michelson and William L. Potter
A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library: A Linked Data Encoding of the Catalogue of William Wright is a digital encoding and enhancement of William Wright's Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Museum acquired since the year 1838 (London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1870-1872). This project is a reference work undertaken in partnership with Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal. The Digital Catalogue’s goal is to create a Linked Open Data graph database through the use of Syriaca.org’s URIs as its authority file.
This project is still under development as of Fall 2021.
- About page: an overview of the digital catalogue and its contributors.
- TEI XML Drafts: browse in-progress TEI XML records of manuscript catalogue entries.
- Documentation: editorial guidelines, technical definitions, and encoding tutorials.
A Digital Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in the British Library: A Linked Data Encoding of the Catalogue of William Wright is a publication of Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal . Funding for the Digital Catalogue was provided by:
Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect those of the National Endowment for the Humanities or any of the other sponsors.