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Over 32,000 medieval manuscripts transcribed in four months using AI

Medievalists can now access automated transcriptions of 32,763 digitised medieval manuscripts, produced in just four months as part of a project called CoMMA—a large-scale corpus designed to make manuscript texts searchable and analysable at a scale that would be impossible to tackle by hand.

medievalists.net/2026/01/32000

Original paper:
inria.hal.science/hal-05299220

The CoMMA website:
comma.inria.fr/homepage

First page of Chronicon Pictum, the "Illuminated Chronicle" from the court of King Louis the Great of Hungary from 1358. Main illumination shows: A multi-paneled scene within an elaborate architectural frame Central figure: A crowned king (likely representing Hungarian royalty) seated on a throne Left panel: Armed warriors or knights Right panel: Groups of courtiers or nobles Rich colors: deep blues, reds, golds, and ochres Gothic architectural elements including towers and arches Latin text in two columns Red lettering (rubrics) for important headings and initial words Black text for the main chronicle Beautiful calligraphy in Gothic script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illuminated_manuscript#/media/File:K%C3%A9pes_kr%C3%B3nika_els%C5%91_lapja.jpg
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The method has nothing to do with the marketing slopWord AI. It is = which is often used in science. Better read the study.

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