Re: [tied] Re: Stryzhak scans

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 37219
Date: 2005-04-16

> *****GK: Thanks for the suggestion, Richard. There may be an
> additional problem. I found the cyrillic setting on the scanner and
> gave it a try. It was much better, of course, but it couldn't
> simultaneously handle the accompanying Latin and Greek elements, as
> well as some of the diacritical signs... Have a look at one of the
> pages I managed to upload and you'll immediately see what I mean. On
> top of that each of the photos ia about 2.1 MB. With 1/2 of the
> intended material posted I've already devoured nearly 50% of the space
> Yahoo allots to Cybalist photos... Since the stuff will only be there
> for a while I suppose that's tolerable. Sometimes the system
> disconnects during upload and I have to try again. This must be due to
> the large size involved. Well, 6 down and 6 to go... I uploaded the 2
> reference pages so that people could check the in-page notes of the
> text without having to wait. I hope the whole exercise turns out to be
> at least mildly worthwhile...******

With a text full of "special characters" in three different scripts a
photo is perhaps the best solution after all. It's fully legible on my
computer. Thanks again, George. I've been aware of some of the analyses
cited by Stryzkak, others are new to me. Give me a little time to
download the scans (also a painful process), and to read and digest the
content.

Piotr