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EpiDoc for Latin/Roman Epigraphy modules 2023–2024

Technical requirements

• Please install Visual Studio Code on your laptop, and check that you are able to open and edit text files. (If you need any help installing or activating this free software, please speak to your university's IT support as soon as possible.)
• Within VSC, please go to the Extensions button on the left bar (5th button down) and in the "Search Extensions in Marketplace" field enter XML. Of the many plugins offered, install the plugin "XML (XML Language Support by Red Hat)". Then in the same field enter tei and install the plugin "tei-publisher-vscode (Visual Studio Code extension to support TEI editing)".
• You will need to restart your computer (not just the software) after installing these plugins.

Introductions to EpiDoc

• The Rules of XML (slides) (Gabriel Bodard) (19 min)
• Introduction to EpiDoc Guidelines (Irene Vagionakis) (13 min)
• Structure of an EpiDoc Edition (slides) (Irene Vagionakis) (18 min)

Text encoding

• The Leiden System (slides) (Irene Vagionakis) (20 min)
• EpiDoc Transcription Quick-Reference (QuickRef) (PDF) (Gabriel Bodard) (10 min)
• Abbreviations (slides) (Irene Vagionakis) (8 min)
• Symbols (slides) (Irene Vagionakis) (10 min)
• Complex lacunae (slides) (Gabriel Bodard) (14 min)
• Editorial corrections (slides) (Gabriel Bodard) (13 min)

Descriptive edition

• Structure QuickReference (PDF) (Irene Vagionakis) (5 min)
• Description of Object (slides) (Irene Vagionakis) (9 min)
• Description of campus or layout (slides) (Gabriel Bodard) (5 min)
• Description of Hands, Lettering and Script (slides) (Gabriel Bodard) (10 min)
• Origin date (slides) (Gabriel Bodard) (18 min)
• Origin and locations of object (slides) (Irene Vagionakis) (12 min)

Resources and readings

• EpiDoc Guidelines
• Markup mailing list
• Wikipedia | EpiDoc (good bibliography)
• Gabriel Bodard & Polina Yordanova. 2020. "Publication, Testing and Visualization with EFES: A tool for all stages of the EpiDoc editing process." Studia Digitalia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai 65.1 (2020), pp. 17–35. Available: https://doi.org/10.24193/subbdigitalia.2020.1.02
• Hugh Cayless & Charlotte Roueché. 2009. "Epigraphy in 2017." Digital Humanities Quarterly 3(1). Available: http://digitalhumanities.org/dhq/vol/3/1/000030/000030.html
• Julia Flanders & Charlotte Roueché. 2006. "Introduction To Markup For Epigraphers." Stoa Review 2021-08-19. Available: https://blog.stoa.org/archives/4084
• Lisa Anderson & Heidi Wendt. 2014. "Ancient Relationships, Modern Intellectual Horizons: The practical challenges and possibilities of encoding Greek and Latin inscriptions." In ed. M.T. Rutz & M.M. Kersel, Archaeologies of Text: Archaeology, Technology, and Ethics. Oxbow Books. Pp. 164–175.