This special issue originates in the International workshop on computer aided¬ processing
of intertextuality in ancient languages, held in Lyon (2nd-4th June 2014), coorganized by
HiSoMA (UMR 5189, Lyon), LIRIS (UMR 5205, Villeurbanne) and the University of Göttingen
and SUB Göttingen (e-TRAP), with the support of the National Research Agency (ANR
Biblindex) and the Partner University Fund (PUF). This workshop was initiated as the
conclusive meeting of the ANR project BIBLINDEX, which aims at establishing an …

The production of digital critical editions of texts using TEI is now a widely-adopted
procedure within digital humanities. The work described in this paper extends this approach
to the publication of gnomologia (anthologies of wise sayings), which formed a widespread
literary genre in many cultures of the medieval Mediterranean. These texts are challenging
because they were rarely copied straightforwardly; rather, sayings were selected,
reorganised, modified or re-attributed between manuscripts, resulting in a highly …