Comments on: No Migne Feats http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/10/23/no-migne-feats/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bob Gillham http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/10/23/no-migne-feats/comment-page-1/#comment-1768882 Bob Gillham Sun, 13 Dec 2009 05:50:52 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=2186#comment-1768882 I Thought these were all on The Internet Archive...They certainly have some thoa lot of IA scans are sloppy & even unreadable...Bob I Thought these were all on The Internet Archive…They certainly have some thoa lot of IA scans are sloppy & even unreadable…Bob

]]> By: nony http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/10/23/no-migne-feats/comment-page-1/#comment-1708539 nony Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:55:04 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=2186#comment-1708539 Interesting. These appear to be the pdfs of Migne - or rather the Greek only from Migne- that were originally prepared by a Greek university and posted at http://patrologia.ct.aegean.gr/ (Δρόμοι της Πίστης) which has been offline for a while. Hmm. Interesting. These appear to be the pdfs of Migne – or rather the Greek only from Migne- that were originally prepared by a Greek university and posted at http://patrologia.ct.aegean.gr/ (Δρόμοι της Πίστης) which has been offline for a while. Hmm.

]]> By: Mikael Liljeström http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/10/23/no-migne-feats/comment-page-1/#comment-1702731 Mikael Liljeström Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:46:55 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=2186#comment-1702731 Not a complete feat though- Try to find more than a listing of the works of Leontios of Byzantion. There should have been the equivalent of 156 columns in PG 86. I guess there is much more missing. Anyway, Im am more happy for the cheese than annoyed over the holes in it! Not a complete feat though- Try to find more than a listing of the works of Leontios of Byzantion. There should have been the equivalent of 156 columns in PG 86. I guess there is much more missing. Anyway, Im am more happy for the cheese than annoyed over the holes in it!

]]> By: Roger Pearse http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/10/23/no-migne-feats/comment-page-1/#comment-1700878 Roger Pearse Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:26:24 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=2186#comment-1700878 Kevin makes good points, but the electronic versions have their uses. As we get more automated parsing tools, it will be possible to use these texts even without 256 years of studying Greek. What we need, I agree, is something like google books; page images with references, but also the electronic version. Kevin makes good points, but the electronic versions have their uses. As we get more automated parsing tools, it will be possible to use these texts even without 256 years of studying Greek.

What we need, I agree, is something like google books; page images with references, but also the electronic version.

]]> By: Kevin P. Edgecomb http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2009/10/23/no-migne-feats/comment-page-1/#comment-1700339 Kevin P. Edgecomb Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:21:06 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/?p=2186#comment-1700339 Spot-checking, it seems the files lack all column references. That's nearly useless if you're trying to look anything up. Despite the icky quality, page images are the way to go with Migne. For the PG, then you've got the Latin translation at hand, too, and all notes are available. These projects that just focus on the text, apparently using some kind of OCR, miss the point of having *both* a readable text and one useful as a reference. Spot-checking, it seems the files lack all column references. That’s nearly useless if you’re trying to look anything up.

Despite the icky quality, page images are the way to go with Migne. For the PG, then you’ve got the Latin translation at hand, too, and all notes are available. These projects that just focus on the text, apparently using some kind of OCR, miss the point of having *both* a readable text and one useful as a reference.

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