Based on the experience gained with the Maurolico project, in collaboration with Prof. Pier Daniele Napolitani of the Department of Mathematics of the University of Pisa and other researchers, including Prof. Ken Saito of the Osaka Prefecture University of Osaka (Japan), eLabor is developing this new product which is intended as an integrated development tool (IDE) for the preparation of digital critical editions of ancient texts.
MODULES
MauroTex
MauroTeX (Repository: https://svn.elabor.biz/maurotex – How to install: https://svn.elabor.biz/maurotex/install.txt)
It is the progenitor and most widely used of the Scriptorium tools: it is a language formally derived from LaTeX that allows the complete description of a critical edition, automatically producing a draft of the printed edition (PDF), an HTML draft, an HTML version that can be used directly to create websites (such as www.maurolico.it), and other XML versions that can be used in other contexts.
MauroTex also allows the production of definitive printed editions, but this cannot be achieved completely automatically and requires additional work by specialized publishing technicians.
Syntax
Another module of the Scriptorium is Syntax, a tool to help create syntax trees. Initially proposed by prof. Saito to analyze the (Greek) text of Euclid’s elements has recently found application in other similar contexts.
Draft
This is the section of the Scriptorium specifically dedicated to editing the diagrams that often accompany mathematical texts. Editing diagrams is a real headache for several reasons and has therefore long been largely avoided by scholars. However, when it comes to mathematical texts, it is unavoidable. Professor Ken Saito has shown particular attention to this aspect, providing a series of important suggestions on the basis of which this module was developed.
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS
Guidobaldo Del Monte
Dr. Martin Frank, during his doctoral studies, used the Scriptorium to create a critical edition of the correspondence of Guidobaldo Del Monte (1545-1607). Using the Scriptorium interface, it was possible to perform all the semantic markup of the edition, which was then automatically translated into MauroTeX to obtain the definitive printed edition.