Dataset: Scribes of the Cairo Geniza, Sorting Phase, August 2017 - February 2019

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crowdsourcing
zooniverse
cairo geniza
geniza
Arabic Language and Literature
Arabic Studies
Biblical Studies
History of Religions of Western Origin
Islamic World and Near East History
Jewish Studies
Language Interpretation and Translation
Medieval History
Medieval Studies
Near Eastern Languages and Societies

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This Scribes of the Cairo Geniza dataset comprise images of Geniza fragments from Judaica manuscript collections at Penn Libraries, the Genizah Research Unit at Cambridge University Libraries, and the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary. The dataset comprises records of 40,152 subjects (fragment[s] as defined by Zooniverse) sorted between August 2017 and February 2019. Images of fragments were uploaded to the Zooniverse.org citizen science website where they were classified by scholars and volunteer humanists. Classification involved identifying script type and formality, and landmarking pre-defined features on the fragments.

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2020-01-01

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This project is ongoing at scribesofthecairogeniza.org

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