Machine readable Abbot-Smith?

Rodney J. Decker rdecker at bbc.edu
Fri Apr 28 07:08:49 EDT 2000


At 05:13 PM 4/27/00 -0700, you wrote:
>>>I notice that there was an edition of Abbot-Smith's lexicon in 1922, and 
>>>there was a 3rd edition in 1937. Does that mean that at least these 
>>>editions are no longer under copyright?
>>...
>>>Does anyone know if there is a machine-readable version of this?
>>
>>Do you mean a clean copy that could be scanned?  Or are you asking if 
>>someone has already done the scanning and has an electronic copy?

T&T Clark's catalog lists a new paperback printing. Does anyone have one of 
these newest printings to see what copyright claim it may contain?

As for scanning it, what a task! xiv + 512 pgs., probably in excess of 
6,000 individual entries, multiple fonts (Gk, Heb, Eng), superscripts, 
fractions, etc. It took a large team at Dallas Seminary several years to 
get BAG into that format (for the now defunct CD Word--incorporated into 
Logos now). A-S wouldn't be quite as imposing a task, but still a lot of 
work. A graphic scan, of course, would just be a lot of time, but to 
convert it to something useable otherwise... I would love to see it freely 
available on the web with some sort of search capability, but who that is 
qualified to edit such a work would have the time and resources to devote 
to it? I hope someone does, but I'm not optimistic--unless Jonathan's 
original query was wondering if it was a feasible project for him to 
tackle. If so, by all means pursue it Jonathan! The most likely scenario is 
that someone like Logos (who has the technical resources and experience to 
do so) would pick it up and then sell it in their proprietary format.


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