[B-Greek] CSNTM MSS Indexing Project

Carl Conrad cwconrad2 at mac.com
Sun Jul 12 11:31:55 EDT 2009


Some may have already seen this announcement elsewhere, but as there  
may be some B-Greekers who haven't yet learned of it and who might be  
interested in becoming involved in this project, we are reproducing it  
here.

Carl W. Conrad
Co-Chair, B-Greek List
Department of Classics, Washington University (Retired)
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Begin forwarded message:

> Are you interested in ancient manuscripts of the NT?
>
> Do you have the skills it takes to recognize what Greek text is on a  
> manuscript page?
>
> Are you looking for a wonderful project where you can volunteer your  
> time for a very worthwhile cause?
>
> If YES to all of the above, please read on.
>
> CSNTM is an organization with a goal to photograph and make freely  
> available images of all important NT manuscripts.  Their website is  
> here:
>
> http://csntm.org
>
> CrossWire Bible Society has been working on a basic manuscript  
> indexing tool that will help volunteers help CSNTM index all of  
> their images.
>
> If you would like to help out and don't mind running a VERY early  
> beta of our indexing tool, please follow these instructions:
>
> 1) Register an account on our community site at:
>
> http://community.crosswire.org
>
> 2) After verifying your account and logging in, click on the  
> [projects] tab, and then join the CSNTM MSS project, and then click  
> the project link.
>
> 3) You will be presented with a status page showing for which  
> documents CSNTM has images.  Click the _View Info_ link to see the  
> information CSNTM has for these images.  Sometimes they will have a  
> PDF document already containing Scriptural coverage of their  
> images.  You might want to find a document with a small number of  
> images, to start.  When you've found a document you are ready to  
> index, click the _Claim Responsibility_ link.
>
> 4) A new document will be created in your personal library with this  
> document.  Fill in any meta information-- much of this can be found  
> in the CSNTM information about this document-- and click [Save].
>
> 5) Hit the [Load All Images At This URL] button and be patient while  
> the images are slurped down and thumbnails are built.
>
> 6) Do some research on your document online, and using your Nestle- 
> Aland GNT appendix.  Click on the first thumbnail to popup the image  
> viewer, zoom in, and using your research your keen Greek skills,  
> determine and enter the Biblical coverage of this page, e.g., Rom. 
> 1.1-3.19.  Be sure to hit the [Save] button for this image and move  
> on to the next.
>
> 7) If you decide to NOT complete work on your document, please  
> DELETE the document from your personal library, which will mark the  
> document as available, once again, for another volunteer to claim.
>
>
> PLEASE ENJOY YOURSELF AND SPREAD THE WORD TO WHOMEVER YOU FEEL MIGHT  
> BE INTERESTED IN HELPING OUT.
>
> The CSNTM guys are doing a wonderful work to collect these images  
> and make them freely available.  This indexing project will provide  
> the means to manipulate these images usefully from our software and  
> other projects, and will provide the world with the easily  
> accessible evidence attesting to the reliability of the New  
> Testament.  I am really excited about this project and about  
> collaborating together with you all and CSNTM on this work!  May God  
> make use of these efforts to draw people to Himself.
>
>
>    Serving together,
>
>        -Troy A. Griffitts






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