Collating witnesses of A. v. Humboldt's 'Kosmos-Lectures' (1827/28)
Background/Material
- Attendee's notebooks of Humboldt's (oral) lectures
- 10 witnesses so far, many more may exist
- TEI-XML (near-) diplomatic transcriptions
- cf. http://www.deutschestextarchiv.de/search/metadata?corpus=avhkv
Chronologically and thematically aligned.
Background/Material
No point in trying to collate all witnesses, except:
- one notebook = complete copy of another,
- + certain lessons have been copied between other notebooks (obv. scribe missed several lessons)
Collating Copyed Text
juXta Collation, Side-by-Side View
Collating Copyed Text
juXta Collation, Side-by-Side View
Collating Copyed Text
juXta Collation, 'Critical Apparatus' View
Background/Material
No point in trying to collate all witnesses, except:
- one notebook = complete copy of another,
- + certain lessons have been copied between other notebooks (obv. scribe missed several lessons)
- certain 'iconic' passages are similar enough
- e.g. [DTA-Search Example] or ...
Background/Material
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certain 'iconic' passages are similar enough
- ... and new CollateX Example:
+---+-----+-------+--------+-----+------------------------------+---------+--------+----------+---+--------------------------------------+---------+---------+-------------+-----------+---+
| 1 | Die | Natur | - | ist | nur | Einheit | in der | Vielheit | , | Mannigfaltigkeit | in Form | u | . | Mischung. | - |
| 2 | Die | Natur | selbst | ist | - | Einheit | in der | Vielheit | ; | sie ist der Inbegriff der Naturdinge | - | und der | … | - | - |
<!-- witness "3" momentarily commented out, messed up alignment :( -->
| 4 | - | Natur | - | ist | - | Einheit | und | Vielheit | - | - | - | - | . | - | - |
| 5 | Die | Natur | - | ist | - | Einheit | und | Vielheit | , | sie ist der Inbegriff der Naturdinge | - | und der | Naturkräfte | ; … | - |
| 6 | Die | Natur | - | ist | - | Einheit | und | Vielheit | , | sie ist der Inbegriff der Naturdinge | und | - | Naturkräfte | – die | … |
| 7 | Die | Natur | - | ist | - | Einheit | und | Vielheit | ; | sie ist der Inbegriff der Naturdinge | , | und der | Naturkräfte | - | … |
| 8 | - | Natur | - | ist | für die denkende Betrachtung | Einheit | in der | Vielheit | - | - | - | - | . | - | - |
| 9 | Die | Natur | - | ist | für die denkende Betrachtung | Einheit | in der | Vielheit | , | Verbindung des Mannigfaltigen | in Form | - | … | - | - |
+---+-----+-------+--------+-----+------------------------------+---------+--------+----------+---+--------------------------------------+---------+---------+-------------+-----------+---+
Input: TEI-XML
- >3.000 automated Normalizations, @resp="#cab"
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e.g. "Kaͤñt-<lb/>nüße", "Kenntniſſe" = "Kenntnisse"
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<!-- What witness "6" 'really' looks like: -->
<p>Die Natur ist Einheit <choice><abbr>u</abbr><expan resp="#BF">und</expan></choice> Vielheit,
sie ist der Inbegriff der Naturdinge <choice><abbr>u</abbr><expan resp="#BF">und</expan></choice><lb/>
Naturkräfte – die <choice><orig>Naturkeñtniß</orig><reg resp="#cab">Naturkenntnis</reg></choice> mithin die
<choice><orig>Keñtniß</orig><reg resp="#cab">Kenntnis</reg></choice> der Dinge
<choice><orig>neben</orig><reg resp="#TK">neben-</reg></choice><lb/>
<choice><abbr>u</abbr><expan resp="#BF">und</expan></choice> nacheinander.</p><lb/>Input: TEI-XML
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>3.000 automated Normalizations, @resp="#cab"
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e.g. "Kaͤñt-<lb/>nüße", "Kenntniſſe" = "Kenntnisse"
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- 145+650+539=1.334 manual Normalizations
- e.g. "etc.", "u.s.w.", "p.p." ... = "etc."
"Jh.", "Jahrhund.", "saec.", ... = "Jahrhundert"
- e.g. "etc.", "u.s.w.", "p.p." ... = "etc."
<!-- What witness "6" 'really' looks like: -->
<p>Die Natur ist Einheit <choice><abbr>u</abbr><expan resp="#BF">und</expan></choice> Vielheit,
sie ist der Inbegriff der Naturdinge <choice><abbr>u</abbr><expan resp="#BF">und</expan></choice><lb/>
Naturkräfte – die <choice><orig>Naturkeñtniß</orig><reg resp="#cab">Naturkenntnis</reg></choice> mithin die
<choice><orig>Keñtniß</orig><reg resp="#cab">Kenntnis</reg></choice> der Dinge
<choice><orig>neben</orig><reg resp="#TK">neben-</reg></choice><lb/>
<choice><abbr>u</abbr><expan resp="#BF">und</expan></choice> nacheinander.</p><lb/>In: TEI-XML(-DTABf).
<p>Die Natur ist Einheit <choice><abbr>u</abbr><expan resp="#BF">und</expan></choice> Vielheit,
sie ist der Inbegriff der Naturdinge <choice><abbr>u</abbr><expan resp="#BF">und</expan></choice><lb/>
Naturkräfte – die <choice><orig>Naturkeñtniß</orig><reg resp="#cab">Naturkenntnis</reg></choice> mithin die
<choice><orig>Keñtniß</orig><reg resp="#cab">Kenntnis</reg></choice> der Dinge
<choice><orig>neben</orig><reg resp="#TK">neben-</reg></choice><lb/>
<choice><abbr>u</abbr><expan resp="#BF">und</expan></choice> nacheinander.</p><lb/>
<!-- As discussed, this markup should influence the collation (not just the visualisation) -->Out: TEI-XML(-DTABf)+CX?
<p><app><rdg wit="#1 #2 #5 #6 #7 #9">Die </rdg></app>Natur <app><rdg wit="#2">selbst </rdg></app>
ist <app><rdg wit="#1">nur </rdg><rdg wit="#8 #9">für die denkende Betrachtung </rdg></app>
Einheit <app><rdg wit="#1 #2 #8 #9">in der </rdg><rdg wit="#5 #6 #7">und </rdg></app>
<app><rdg wit="#1 #2 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9">Vielheit</rdg></app><app><rdg wit="#1 #5 #6 #9">, </rdg>
<rdg wit="#2 #7">; </rdg></app><app><rdg wit="#1">Mannigfaltigkeit </rdg><rdg wit="#2 #5 #6">sie ist
der Inbegriff der Naturdinge </rdg><rdg wit="#7">sie ist der Inbegriff der Naturdinge</rdg>
<rdg wit="#9">Verbindung des Mannigfaltigen </rdg></app><app><rdg wit="#1 #9">in Form </rdg>
<rdg wit="#7">, </rdg></app><app><rdg wit="#1">u</rdg><rdg wit="#2 #4 #5 #6 #7 #9">und </rdg></app>
<app><rdg wit="#2 #5 #7">der </rdg><rdg wit="#4">Vielheit</rdg></app>
<app><rdg wit="#2 #5">Naturkräfte</rdg><rdg wit="#6 #7">Naturkräfte </rdg></app>
<app><rdg wit="#1">. </rdg><rdg wit="#2 #4 #8">.</rdg><rdg wit="#5">; …</rdg><rdg wit="#6">– die </rdg>
</app><app><rdg wit="#1">Mischung</rdg><rdg wit="#9">Mischung </rdg></app>
<app><rdg wit="#1">.</rdg><rdg wit="#6 #7 #9">…</rdg></app></p>
<!-- Problem: structural markup from TEI-P5 input should be preserved in the TEI-P5 output! -->Output Visualized
- Alignment Table is great for short text, e.g. poems!
- Graph is (also, but (for me personally) less) useful as a tool
- but both outputs are not really legible for general audience
Output Visualized
- honestly, I really like juXta's side-by-side view. It would satisfy my needs complete, if it worked as good as collateX and if the output could be TEI, or anything but .jxt
Output Visualized
- or will Copyfind become my best friend now?
Collating witnesses of A. v. Humboldt's 'Kosmos-Lectures'
By Christian Thomas
