I agree about printing books ;-)
As for
http://idp.bbaw.de, I notice that some manuscripts are indeed available (with big photos and everything), e.g.
http://idp.bbaw.de/database/oo_scroll_h.a4d?uid=4383515097;recnum=122002;index=1
,
http://idp.bbaw.de/database/oo_scroll_h.a4d?uid=4385781817;recnum=93242;index=3
etc.
NB that when finding e.g. “THT 4021” by the search engine, viz.
http://idp.bbaw.de/database/search_results.a4d?uid=4383515097;random=2520, one needs to click onto the thumbnail photo (not on the title “Berlin-…”) to get to the right page.
However, holdings from other libraries do not seem to be available, e.g. the Pelliot manuscripts are listed (http://idp.bbaw.de/database/search_results.a4d?uid=4404409617;random=19663),
but one can’t access them.
Also, some of the other IDP pages listed on
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Dunhuang_Project#IDP_Centres and on
http://idp.bbaw.de don’t seem to operate (e.g. the French one); it would be interesting to know whether this has something to do with the main IDP site not operating, or whether there are separate problems.
GOOD NEWS: It seems that a new IDP page replacing the British Library thing that got hacked will be launched very soon.
We’ll see whether this helps with the problems of the other web sites.
We are looking into the TITUS problem, but haven’t been able yet to get someone who can solve the problem.
Thus do use
https://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de for the moment being.
Best,
Agnes
De : Jonathan Silk [mailto:kauzeya@gmail.com]
Envoyé : vendredi, 16 février 2024 10:41
À : KORN Agnes <agnes.korn@cnrs.fr>
Cc : Walser, Joseph <Joseph.Walser@tufts.edu>; Matthew Kapstein <mattkapstein@proton.me>; indology@list.indology.info
Objet : Re: [INDOLOGY] [External] Re: INDOLOGY International Dunhuang Project site down?
My recent experience with the German site is that it will show a thumbnail but time out when you click to see the actual photos.
It's rather frustrating. However, please remember that many major libraries have (of course lower quality and black and white reproductions) published volumes with much if not all of this material,
and more--huge sets published in China, not always easy to navigate, but we are not lost when internet resources disappear.
A strong argument for continuing to print on paper!
Jonathan
De : Matthew Kapstein [mailto:mattkapstein@proton.me]
Envoyé : vendredi, 16 février 2024 10:36
And, as I mentioned in a post some months ago, the Gallica site of the Bibliothèque nationale de France can be used to access Dunhuang documents in the Pelliot collection.
Matthew T. Kapstein
Professor emeritus
Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, PSL Research University, Paris
On Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 10:30 AM Agnes Korn via INDOLOGY <indology@list.indology.info> wrote: