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

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"
- e.g. "Kaͤñt-<lb/>nüße", "Kenntniſſe" = "Kenntnisse"
- "EYne veſte buꝛgk ÿſt vnſer got./ ꝛc." (in CAB Webservice)

<!-- 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

>3.000 automated Normalizations, @resp="#cab"
- e.g. "Kaͤñt-<lb/>nüße", "Kenntniſſe" = "Kenntnisse"
- "EYne veſte buꝛgk ÿſt vnſer got./ ꝛc." (in CAB Webservice)

145+650+539=1.334 manual Normalizations
- e.g. "etc.", "u.s.w.", "p.p." ... = "etc."
  "Jh.", "Jahrhund.", "saec.", ... = "Jahrhundert"

<!-- 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?