Katabase: In Search of Lost Manuscripts

Katabase: À la recherche des manuscrits vendus

Simon Gabay (1) , Ljudmila Petkovic (2) , Alexandre Bartz (2) , Matthias Gille Levenson (3) , Lucie Rondeau Du Noyer

1 UNIGE - Université de Genève = University of Geneva
2 UNINE - Université de Neuchâtel = University of Neuchatel
3 ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon

Databases exist for paintings, sculptures, drawings... circulating on the private market, but not for manuscripts. Such a tool being useful for scholars cataloguing sources or studying the reception of authors, we have designed an online application able not only to display sold items, but to reconcile several entries of a similar item sold multiple times. The algorithm developed for this reconciliation should open new horizons to those interested in the manuscript market, like economic historians.

Mots clés: Manuscripts auction catalogues; Classification

Mots clés: Catalogue de manuscrits; Catalogue de vente aux enchères; Classification

Domaines: Histoire; Littératures; Bibliothèque électronique [cs.DL]; Base de données [cs.DB]

Simon Gabay, Ljudmila Petkovic, Alexandre Bartz, Matthias Gille Levenson, Lucie Rondeau Du Noyer. Katabase: À la recherche des manuscrits vendus. Humanistica 2021, Humanistica, May 2021, Rennes, France. ⟨hal-03066108⟩