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Diplomatic Transcriptions Between Document and Text: Encoding Beethoven’s Sketchbooks Cover

Diplomatic Transcriptions Between Document and Text: Encoding Beethoven’s Sketchbooks

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Open Access
|Jul 2026

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Figure 1

A sequence of pitches with no durations implied. Ludwig van Beethoven, D‑BNba, HCB BSk 21/69, 1r.

Figure 2

D‑B Mus. ms. autogr. Beethoven Grasnick 3, as edited by Weise (1957).

Figure 3

A‑Wgm: A 34 (Keßler sketchbook), as edited by Brandenburg (1978).

Listing 1

<surface> element with two <graphic> children. The first points to an IIIF image and uses a Media Fragment plus a custom ‘rotate’ parameter to specify the location of the document page within the scanned image; the second refers to an SVG file containing all shapes on that page.

Listing 2

A note as encoded in a diplomatic transcription.

Listing 3

A note as encoded in an annotated transcription, which uses regular MEI.

Figure 4

Commit dialog in Facsimile Explorer.

Figure 5

Page tab within Facsimile Explorer.

Figure 6

Writing zones tab within Facsimile Explorer.

Listing 4

The use of the custom <rastrum> element inside the <layout> element already provided by MEI. All dimensions are given in millimeters, and relative to the page, with an origin on the top left corner.

Listing 5

Nesting of <genDesc> and <genState> elements inside a document file, representing writing layer 1 of WZ 1 on page 1 of the current document. @xml:id attributes have been omitted, and references in @corresp attributes are adjusted for better legibility.

Figure 7

Annotated transcripts tab within Facsimile Explorer.

Listing 6

Basic structure of a diplomatic transcript.

Figure 8

Diplomatic Transcripts tab within Facsimile Explorer.

Figure 9

Transformation endpoints of a fluid transcription.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tismir.318 | Journal eISSN: 2514-3298
Language: English
Page range: 278 - 292
Submitted on: Jul 1, 2025
Accepted on: Mar 30, 2026
Published on: Jul 15, 2026
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Johannes Kepper, published by Ubiquity Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.