A collection of 53 medieval and early modern choral manuscripts, along with modern choral prints from the Central Library of the Franciscans in Graz, was digitized between 2023 and 2024 (in the future made accessible through the ARCHE repository). Transcriptions of some of the chant texts are also available, allowing for full-text search. These transcriptions were automatically generated using Transkribus, with AI-based layout and text models specifically developed for the project.

As part of the digitization process, TEI documents were created for each manuscript and print, containing both metadata and text data, which were then transformed into static HTML for publication.

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Plainchant Manuscripts of the Central Library of the Viennese Franciscan Province Graz

Medieval Music Manuscripts in Austrian Libraries