Videos: Introductions to Method and Workflow


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Videos on Method and Tools
What is the Study of Textual History?
How and Why Statistical Profiles Work for Textual History
Samples, Populations, and Textual History
Bell-Shaped Curves & Textual History
Introduction to the THEOT Text Viewer, Basic
The THEOT Text Viewer, Advanced
Manuscripts Used in the THEOT Project
Principles for Creating Samples of Manuscripts and Samples of Text
Samples of Manuscripts for Deuteronomy
Samples of Text for Deuteronomy
Samples of Manuscripts for Judges
Samples of Text for Judges
Introduction to Manuscript Descriptions
Creating Accurate Transcriptions
Transkribus for Making Transcriptions
Aggregating Transcriptions
Aligning Aggregated Texts
Ensuring Accuracy of Formatting - Validating the Dots and Bars File
Quantifying Manuscript Condition
Quantifying Scribal Idiosyncrasy
How Scribal Idiosyncrasy Affects the Measurement of Affinity
Scribal Intervention in the Manuscripts of Judges
Identifying Variants
Create Database of Variants
Calculating agreement among the Manuscripts
Generating the Dendrogram with R
A Look at the Dendrogram for Deuteronomy
A Look at the Dendrogram for Judges
Generating a “Cluster Profile”
Generating a List of Best Representatives
Generating Lists of Cluster Distinctive Readings
Building Bricks: The Building Blocks of Text Historical Argumentation
Using Distinctive Readings and Secondary Affiliations to Characterize Clusters
Characterizing Clusters in Deuteronomy - Eth I, The 14-16th centuries
Characterizing Clusters in Deuteronomy - Eth II, The 17-20th centuries
Characterizing Clusters in Judges - Eth I, The 14-16th centuries
Characterizing Clusters in Judges - Eth II, The 17-20th centuries
Chart of the Textual History of Deuteronomy
Chart of the Textual History of Judges
Constructing Diagnostic Steps to Identify the cluster of any new manuscript
Videos on Specific Books
Samples of Mss for: Deu
Jud Est Ecc Dan Hos Amo Oba Nah Zec
Samples of Text for: Deu Jud
Est Ecc Dan Hos Amo Oba Nah
Zec
Profile of Manuscript Conditions for: Deu Jud Est
Ecc Dan Hos Amo Oba
Nah Zec
Profile of Scribal Idiosyncrasy for: Deu Jud Est Ecc
Dan Hos Amo Oba Nah Zec
A Look at the Dendrogram for: Deu Jud Est Ecc Dan
Hos Amo Oba Nah Zec
Best Representative Mss for: Deu Jud Est Ecc Dan Hos
Amo Oba Nah Zec
Characterizing Clusters in: Deu Jud Est Ecc Dan Hos Amo
Oba Nah Zec
Charts of the Textual History of books: Deu Jud Est Ecc Dan Hos Amo Oba Nah Zec