Transkribus og 1500-tallets tekstiler

Resumé

Håndskrevne kilder er ofte svære og tidskrævende at gennemsøge systematisk, men programmet Transkribus bruger nu kunstig intelligens til at gøre gammel skrift digitalt søgbar. For tekstilhistorikere betyder det, at man hurtigt kan finde detaljer om beklædning i omfattende arkivserier, der før var næsten uoverskuelige at læse sig igennem. I denne artikel vil vi give en introduktion til baggrunden for Transkribus, samt hvordan det fungerer i praksis.

Transkribus and 16th-century textiles
Handwritten sources are often difficult and time-consuming to search through systematically, but the Transkribus programme now uses artificial intelligence to make old handwriting digitally searchable. For textile historians, this means that details about clothing can be found quickly within extensive archive collections that were previously almost impossible to read through. In this article, we will provide an introduction to the background of Transkribus, as well as how it works in practice.