Ra e Languages a he
Aus ian Na ional Lib a y
Ch is oph S eindl & Johannes Knüchel
Resea ch & Da a Se ices
OCR/HTR Wo kshop o Unde -Resou ced and Unde -Rep esen ed
Languages in Digi al Humani ies –CEU, Vienna, Oc . 3–4, 2025
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His o y ONB and cu en Aus ian Law
•Middle Ages: i s collec ions o manusc ip s and books
•16 h c.: i s lib a ian Hugo Blo ius akes in en o y
•Un il ea ly 20 h c.: connec ion o he Habsbu g Empi e as Cou Lib a y
•Legal deposi since 1569 (upda ed media law 2009, including digi al
ma e ial)
•Collec ion Guidelines 2024: addi ionally collec ing Aus iaca ab oad and
special collec ions (his o y, sla ica, women and gende , …)
Depa men s wi h a ocus on a e languages
Depa men o Papy i
•Mo e han 23.000 digi ized esou ces (only 10.000 o mo e han 170.000 edi ed)
•Mos ly non-la in sc ip s (a abic, a amaic, cop ic, egyp ian, old-e hiopian, ancien g eek,
heb ew, pahla i, classical sy ian)
Depa men o Planned Languages
•App ox. 150.000 i ems
•Documen a ion o abou 500 planned languages
Depa men o Manusc ip s and Ra e Books
O he s: ANNO (and ALEX) collec ions
Examples
Vājid ʿAlī, Oudh., B ie e., p. 23,
h ps://da a.onb.ac.a / ec/AC14391926
Knud zon, J. A., Assy ische Gebe e an den
Sonnengo […], p. 22,
h ps://da a.onb.ac.a / ec/AC03469409
Un i led,
h ps://da a.onb.ac.a / ec/RZ00001149
Volapükabled lezenodik: Juli 1986,
h ps://anno.onb.ac.a /cgi-con en /anno-
plus?aid=e2s&da um=18960057
How o ind esou ces?
ONB Digi al (digi ized ma e ials): h ps://onb.digi al/
ONB Ca alogue: h ps://sea ch.onb.ac.a /
Ca alogue Resul s o que y “Handsch i ” (manusc ip )
ONB Digi al Resul s o all esou ces
S a is ics
5.2
41.2
53.6
Sc ip s ONB Digi al (3.7 M esul s)
Ambiguous Non-la in La in
7.1
42.9
50
Sc ip s Ca alogue (app ox.)
Ambiguous Non-la in La in
Dis ibu ion – ONB Digi al
CDF o issues pe language
(languages wi h > 500 issues a e combined )
S a is ics – ANNO
bg - Bulga ian
bs - Bosnian
ca - Ca alan
cs - Czech
da - Danish
de - Ge man
el - G eek
en - English
eo - Espe an o
es - Spanish
- F ench
he - Heb ew
h - C oa ian
hu - Hunga ian
ie - In e lingue
io - Ido
i - I alian
ja - Japanese
la - La in
l - Li huanian
nl - Du ch
pl - Polish
p - Po uguese
o - Romanian
u - Russian
sk - Slo ak
sl - Slo enian
s - Se bian
s - Swedish
uk - Uk ainian
o - Volapük
Language codes in ANNO
3.2
19.4
77.4
Sc ip s ANNO languages
Ambiguous Non-la in La in
0.01
0.28
99.72
Sc ip s ANNO issues
Ambiguous Non-la in La in
How o access esou ces?
ONB Labs Da a Se s and Collec ions
Viewe
h ps:// iewe .onb.ac.a /13223F68
h ps://labs.onb.ac.a /en/da ase s/
Wenzelsbibel
Tex in Middle High Ge man
Edi ion al eady pa ially published
Manual co ec ions o OCR
Encoding ia TEI (T ansk ibus)
Synop ic iew o bo h ansc ibed ex &
acsimile and o ansc ibed ex & Vulga a
ex
Thank you!
Johannes Knüchel
([email protected] )
Ch is oph S eindl
(ch is oph.s [email protected] )
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