Glasgow Dec 2025

Digitizing ancient and medieval texts: an introduction to EpiDoc

EpiDoc is the de facto standard for the encoding of ancient epigraphic (including ogham) and papyrological editions in TEI XML for online publication and interchange (epidoc.stoa.org). In this two-day, hands-on training workshop at the University of Glasgow (9–10 December), we will introduce the encoding of ancient and medieval texts in XML, and sources of information and support on EpiDoc. No technical knowledge is required, but participants are expected to be broadly familiar with the transcription conventions for inscriptions or papyri (e.g. the Leiden Conventions), and either Greek, Latin, Irish/Gaelic or the ancient language of their epigraphic or papyrological tradition.

The workshop will involve asynchronous training materials and exercises that you should watch in advance, and hybrid attendance can be facilitated. Participants may also be interested in continuing the EpiDoc discussions on the following day (11 Dec) with an optional morning session, followed by a discussion and showcase that afternoon of two recent EpiDoc projects hosted by the University of Glasgow’s Textual Editing Lab (details here).