Replace all your F’s with S’s

Digital Humanities is an ever-evolving field and cannot actually be defined according to some. However, the transcription assignment that our class has worked on in the past two weeks has definitely given me a little insight into just what the complex discipline encompasses. As a class we transcribed and transliterated thirty-eight pages of 16th century […]

Thoughts on Transliterating Tarlton’s Jest

Transliterating Tarlton’s Jest over the past two weeks was quite a challenging yet, knowledge filled experience. By doing this project, I have grown a greater appreciation for the people who work with historical archival material and do this for a living. Transliterating is a hard task that can be very time-consuming and can bring a […]

Reminder: TWO Assignments due Sunday 9/13

By 11pm on Sunday night you should: Submit to me by email (dkj004@bucknell.edu) the Modern Spelling Revisions of your pages from Tarlton’s Jests (see Transcription Assignment overview for specific instructions). Publish Reflection Post #2 “On Transcription” on the website.

Reflection Prompt #2

Reflection Post #2: “On Transcription” Due: 9/13 by 11pm. Over the past two weeks you have worked closely with anecdotes from Tarlton’s Jests. You have done what all scholars who work with historical archival materials do – puzzled out what is being written in an unfamiliar hand, often in unfamiliar terms. Also as with all […]