Media Reports on the Sinai Projects
Schiefer, P. (2011): Papst im Wolfspelz. Das Rätsel der glagolitischen Schriften . uni:view (April). Vienna.
Mürling-Darrer, U. (2009): ORF Radio + Report (Ö1). Dimensionen-Magazin (Sept. 4th). Vienna.
Jarrett, J. (2009): Interdisciplinary conversations in several directions. George Mason University History News Network (June 15th).
Ralser, B. (2009): “Unsichtbares sichtbar machen”: Neue Technologien für die Philologie. Univ. Wien. Forschungsnewsletter (April). Vol. 36. Wien.
Schreiner, M. (2008): in ephesos und am fuße des Sinai – ein institut auf reisen. die bildende. die zeitung der akademie Vol. 3.
Geheimnisvollen literarischen Zeitzeugen auf der Spur. In: Austria innovativ. Das österreichische Magazin für Forschung und Technologie (June). Vienna. pp.32-34.
Damjanova, J. (2007): Interview H. Miklas. Radio Deutsche Welle (Oct. 10th).
Publications of the project The Enigma of the Sinaitic Glagolitic Tradition
2014
Fiel, S.; Hollaus F.; Gau, M.; Sablatnig, R. (2014): Writer Identification on Historical Glagolitic Documents In: Document Recognition and Retrieval XXI (DRR), San Francisco, USA, pp. 902102-1 — 902102-9
2013
Kleber, F.; Fiel, S.; Diem, M.; Sablatnig, R. (2013): CVL-Database. An Off-line Database for Writer Retrieval, Writer Identification and Word Spotting. In: Proc. of the 12th Int. Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR). 560-564.
Hollaus, F.; Gau, M.; Sablatnig, R. (2013): Enhancement of Multispectral Images of Degraded Documents by Employing Spatial Information. In: Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR). Washington DC. 145-149.
Diem, M.; Fiel, S.; Garz, A.; Keglevic, M.; Kleber, F.; Sablatnig, R. (2013): ICDAR 2013 Competition on Handwritten Digit Recognition (HDRC 2013). In: Proc. of the 12th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR). IEEE. 1422-1427.
Fiel, S.; Sablatnig, R. (2013): Writer Identification and Writer Retrieval using the Fisher Vector on Visual Vocabularies. In: Proc. of the 12th Int. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR). IEEE. 545-549.
2012
Garz, A.; Fischer, A.; Sablatnig, R.; Bunke, H. (2012): Binarization-Free Text Line Segmentation for Historical Documents Based on Interest Point Clustering. In: Proc. 10th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS). Gold Coast: IEEE. 95-99.
Kleber, F.; Hollaus, F.; Diem, M.; Sablatnig, R.; Pentzien, S.; Rabin I.; Hahn O.; Kruger J. (2013): Can Modern Technologies Defeat Nazi Censorship? . In: 2nd ACCV Workshop on e-Heritage 2012. Daejeon.
Hollaus, F.; Gau, M.; Miklas H.; Sablatnig, R. (2012): Digitalization of Ancient Manuscripts with the Aid of Multi-Spectral Imaging and Image Processing Techniques. In: Proc. of EVA Berlin – Electronic Media and Visual Arts. Berlin. 94-100.
Hollaus, F.; Gau, M.; Miklas H.; Sablatnig, R. (2012): Modern Technologies for Manuscript Research. In: Information Technologies and Textual Heritage (El’Manuscript-12). Petrozavodsk. 57-63.
Kleber; F.; Hollaus, F.; Sablatnig, R. (2012): Multispectral Image Analysis of a Censored Postcard from 1942. In: 40th Annual International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology – CAA2012. Southampton.
Hollaus, F.; Gau, M.; Sablatnig, R. (2012): Multispectral Image Acquisition of Ancient Manuscripts. In: Progress in Cultural Heritage Preservation. 4th Int. Con. EuroMed. Limassol. 30-39.
Hollaus, F.; Kleber, F.; Sablatnig, R. (2012): Multi-spectral Imaging of Historic Handwritings. In: Proc. of the 40th Annual International Conference on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology – CAA2012. Southampton.
Miklas, H.; Hürner, D.; Gau, M. (2012): Nachträge zum glagolitisch-altkirchenslavischen Menaeum Sinaiticum (Cod. Sin. slav. 4/N). In: Bibleistika. Slavistika. Rusistika, 2011 (FS für Anatolij Alekseev). St. Peterburg. 183-206.
Miklas, H.; Gau, M.; Lettner, M.; Diem, M.; Garz, A.; Sablatnig, R.; Melcher, M.; Schreiner, M. (2012): New Technical Methods for the Study of Manuscripts Demonstrated on Glagolitic Material from Mt. Sinai. In: Russian National Library (ed.): Proc. of the Int. Conf. “Codex Sinaiticus. Manuscripts in the Digital Age”. St. Peterburg.
Psalterium Demetrii Sinaitici (monasterii sanctae Catharinae codex slav. 3/N), adiectis foliis medicinalibus. Ad editionem phototypicam praeparaverunt Melania Gau, Dana Hürner, Florianus Kleber, Martinus Lettner, Henricus Miklas sub redactione Henrici Miklas. Cum praefationibus sacri monasterii atque Ioannis Tarnanidae (Glagolitica Sinaitica 1). Wien 2012.
Fiel, S.; Sablatnig, R. (2012): Writer Retrieval and Writer Identification Using Local Features. In: Proc. of 10th IAPR International Workshop on Document Analysis Systems (DAS). IEEE. 145-149.
2011
Hollaus, F.; Sablatnig, R. (2011): Inpainting of Occluded Regions in Handwritings. In: Machine Vision – Research for High Quality Processes and Products. Proc. of the 35th Workshop of the Austrian Association for Pattern Recognition (OAGM/AAPR) Graz, May 2011. Austrian Computer Society. Graz. (CD publication).
Garz, A.; Diem, M.; Sablatnig, R. (2011): Layout Analysis of Ancient Manuscripts Using Local Features. In: Eikonopoiia. Digital Imaging of Ancient Textual Heritage. Helsinki, Oct. 2010 (Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 129). 150-163.
Garz, A.; Sablatnig, R.; Diem, M. (2011): Layout Analysis for Historic Manuscripts Using SIFT Features. In: Proc. of the Intern. Conf. on Document Analysis and Recognition. Bejing. 508-512.
Miklas, H. (2011): Mount Sinai and the Cyrillo-Methodian Heritage. In: Nichorites, K.; Evangelou, E.; Athanasiades, A. (Eds.): Sparagmata Byzantinoslavikes Kleronomias. Charisterios Tomos ston Omotimo Kathegete Ioanne Chr. Tarnanide. Thessaloniki: Ekdotikos Oikos Adelphon Kyrianide. 35-53.
Diem, M.; Sablatnig, R.; Gau, M.; Miklas, H. (2011): Recognizing Degraded Handwritten Characters. In: Fischer, F.; Fritze, C.; Vogeler, G. (Eds.): Codicology and Palaeography in the Digital Age 2. Norderstedt: BoD. 295-306. see
Kleber, F.; Diem, M.; Hollaus, F.; Lettner, M.; Sablatnig, R.; Gau, M.; Miklas, H. (2011): Technical Approaches to Manuscript Analysis and Reconstruction. In: Engel, P.; Schirò, J.; Larsen, R.; Moussakova, E.; Kecskeméti, I. (Eds.): New Approaches to Book and Paper Conservation-Restoration. Horn/Wien: Berger. 533-558.
Miklas, H. (2011): The Writing Centre Mount Sinai Viewed from the Slavonic Tradition. In: 22nd Int. Congress of Byzantine Studies. Sofia.
Garz, A.; Sablatnig, R.; Diem, M. (2011): Using Local Features for Efficient Layout Analysis of Ancient Manuscripts. In: Proc. of the European Signal Processing Conf. Barcelona. 1259-1263.
2010
Garz, A.; Sablatnig, R. (2010): Text Detection in Ancient Manuscripts Using Orientation- and Frequency-Signatures of the Texture. In: 38th Annual Conf. on Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology (CAA 2010). Granada.
2009
Miklas, H.; Gau, M.; Hürner, D. (2009): Preliminary Remarks on the Old Church Slavonic Psalterium Demetrii Sinaitici. In: Nikolova, S.; Kulik, A. (Eds.): Proc. of the Int. Conf. Slavic Biblical Translations and Cyrillo-Methodian Sources. Varna, 10-16 Sept. 2009. Leiden: Brill.
Presentations
Miklas, H.; Gau, M. (2012): Further Technical Approaches to Manuscript Analysis and Reconstruction Suggested by Philologists. Joint Seminar VUT-PSU, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, 27.09.2012.
Sablatnig, R.; Gau, M. (2012): Modern Technologies for Manuscript Research. Image Acquisition and Post-Processing Technologies for Historical Manuscripts and the Project “The Enigma of the Sinaitic Glagolitic Tradition”. Perspectives Workshop: Computation and Palaeography: Potentials and Limits. Schloss Dagstuhl, 20.09.2012.
Hollaus, F.; Kleber, F. (2012): Multispectral Acquisition and Analysis of Ancient Documents. Joint Seminar VUT-PSU, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, 27.09.2012.
Hollaus, F.; Gau, M.; Kleber, F. (2012): Neue Ergebnisse in der multispektralen Aufnahme und Aufbereitung schlecht erhaltener Handschriften. Wiener Archäographisches Forum, Jahresversammlung am 05.12.2012.
Gau, M.; Miklas, H.; Hollaus, F. (2012): The Enigma of the Sinaitic Glagolitic Tradition. Poster at Lange Nacht der Forschung. Vienna University, April. 27th.
Gau, M.; Sablatnig, R. (2011): Investigation of Historic Documents with Focus on Automatic Layout and Character Analysis (July 20-22). ESF SCH Exploratory Workshop: Digital Palaeography. Würzburg.
Miklas, H.; Hürner, D. (2012): Westliche Elemente in den sinaitischen glagolitischen Handschriften. Međunarodni znanstveni skup povodom 110. obljetnice Staroslavenske akademije i 60. obljetnice Staroslavenskog instituta „Hrvatsko glagoljaštvo u europskom okružju. Krk, 05.10.2012.
Miklas, H. (2012): Zur Forschungsgeschichte der altkirchenslawisch-glagolitischen Neufunde des Sinai. Gedenkabend für František Václav Mareš. Institut für Slawistik der Univ. Wien, 06.12.2012. see
Hollaus, F. (2011): Multispektralaufnahme und Spektrales Unmixing von Palimpsesttexten. Project Presentation at Wiener Archäographisches Forum (WAF). Generalversammlung. Wien, Dec. 12th.
Miklas, H.; Gau, M.; Hürner, D. (2011): The ASF-project The Sinaitic Glagolitic Euchology Fragments and Its Continuation − Results, Problems, and Remaining Tasks. Presentation at Int. Conf. Sinai and Jerusalem as Crossroads between East and West, Vienna, June 3rd-4th.
Miklas, H.; Gau, M.; Hollaus, F. (2011): The Enigma of the Sinaitic Glagolitic Tradition. Poster at Aktionstag Mehrsprachigkeit. Vienna University, Nov. 23rd.
Miklas, H. (2011): The Writing Centre Mount Sinai Viewed from the Slavonic Tradition. Plenary paper at 22nd Intern. Congress of Byzantine Studies, Sofia, Aug. 22nd-27th.
Miklas, H.; Hürner, D. (2011): Tracing the Glagolitic Tradition of Mount Sinai. Presentation at Intern. Conf. Cultural Archaeology of Jews and Slavs, Jerusalem, June 13th-16th.
Also: Presentations on the ASF Joint Seminar with Perm’ State University on Computer based Methods for the Preservation and Analysis of Cultural Heritage Objects
Workshop Programme see here
Reports
Pöllnitz, G.; Vetter, W.; Schreiner, M. (2012): Materialanalytische Untersuchungen mittels FTIR an glagolitischen Pergamentmanuskripten der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek in Wien, der Universitätsbibliothek Graz (Österreich), der Bibliothek des Rila-Klosters (Bulgarien) sowie der Nationalbibliothek der Heiligen Kyrill und Method in Sofia (Bulgarien). Bericht im Rahmen des FWF-Projekts P23133 „Das Rätsel der sinaitischen glagolitischen Tradition“. Technical Report. Vienna.
Garz, A. (2011): Efficient Layout Analysis of Ancient Manuscripts Using Local Features. Technical Report CVL-TR-7. see
Hollaus, F.; Sablatnig, R. (2011): Automated Inpainting of Unknown Palimpsest Regions. Technical Report CVL-TR-8. see
Pöllnitz, G.; Schreiner, M. (2011): Materialanalytische Untersuchungen mittels transportabler Röntgenfluoreszenzanalyse (RFA) an glagolitischen Pergamentmanuskripten des Tiroler Landesmuseums Ferdinandeum (Österreich), der Bibliothek des Rila-Klosters (Bulgarien) sowie der Nationalbibliothek der Heiligen Kyrill und Method (Bulgarien) im Rahmen des FWF-Projekts P23133 „Das Rätsel der sinaitischen glagolitischen Tradition“. Technical Report. Vienna.
Schreiner, M.; Frühmann, B.; Pöllnitz, G. (2011): Materialanalytische Untersuchungen im Rahmen des FWF-Projekts P23133.
Theses
Steinböck, D. (2012): Document Image Dewarping. Bachlor Thesis. Vienna Univ. of Technology. Supervised by Sablatnig, R.; Hollaus, F.
Hollaus, F. (2011): Automated Inpainting of Unknown Palimpsest Regions. Master Thesis. Vienna Univ. of Technology. see
Garz, A. (2011): Efficient Layout Analysis of Ancient Manuscripts Using Local Features. Master Thesis. Vienna Univ. of Technology. see
Awards
Garz, A. (2011): Best Poster-Award der Fakultät für Informatik. see
Conferences
Sinai and Jerusalem as Crossroads between East and West. International Conference. Vienna, June 3rd-4th, 2011.
View Publications of the predecessor project “The Sinaitic Glagolitic Sacramentary (Euchologium) Fragments”