Figures
2.1 Cross analysis of P-c Unit Im 15: Reader Must Decode Parables 59
2.2 Cross analysis of L-c Unit Im 28: Readers Should Read Carefully and Reflect 59
2.3 Cross analysis of Unit Mc 21: The Rat Decides on a Pact with the Cat 67
2.4 Cross analysis of Unit Mc 85: Enmity Turns into Friendship in Times of Need 68
2.5 Cross analysis of Unit Mc 88: The Ratâs Need for Friendship Has Gone 68
2.6 Cross analysis of Unit Mc 93: The Intelligent Escapes Forced Friendship 68
3.1 The wise KabÄbÄ«rÅ«n interpreting the kingâs vision (MS Riyadh 2536, fol. 117v) 74
3.2 The execution of the Brahmins (MS New York 1981.373, fol. 100r) 76
3.3 Enumeration of the kingâs visions (MS Manchester 537 [formerly 487], fol. 142v) 95
3.4 Overview of salient Arabic versions of KD in the chapter of the King and His Dreams (based on number of dreams and presence of dream description passage) including both continua and cross-copies and considering chapter sequence and rare chapters 101
4.1 MS Manchester 2 [formerly 486], dated 1040/1631, p. 32 113
4.2 MS MuÌnchen 618, dated 1046/1636, fol. 2v. The caption reads: âThis is an image (ṣūra) of the craftsmen who made the copper horsesâ 115
4.3 MS Wetzstein II 672, dated 1246/1830, fol. 20v 115
4.4 MS Clarke Or. 9, attributed to the fourteenth century CE, fol. 113r; MS Paris 3465, dated ca. 1220 CE, fol. 132v 138
4.5 MS Manchester 2 [formerly 486], dated 1040/1631, p. 93 140
4.6 MS Arch. Museum EY 344, dated 410/1019, but actually later, fol. 133v 143
4.7 MS Manchester 537 [formerly 487], dated 1083/1672, fol. 146v 143
4.8 MS Paris 3465, dated to ca. 1220 CE, fol. 43v 144
4.9 MS Pococke 400, dated 755/1354, fol. 36v 144
4.10 MS Parker 578, dated to the fourteenth century CE, fol. 27v 145
4.11 MS MuÌnchen 615, attributed to the seventeenth/eighteenth century CE, fol. 108v 145
4.12 MS Pococke 400, dated 755/1354, fol. 123v 145
9.1 An example of an SQL schema 268
9.2 An example of a C# class definition 268
9.3 An example of a JSON schema 269
9.4 An example of an XML schema 269
9.5 An example of an XML data representation according to the schema in figure 9.4 270
9.6 An example of a JSON data representation according to the schema in figure 9.3 270
9.7 Example of using the âlbâ element to highlight line breaks
Note: The example is retrieved from the TEI Guidelines: tei-c.org/Vault/P5/2.2.0/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/examples-lb.html (accessed July 12, 2023). Note that the text is formatted for human readability: An XML parser software cannot ascertain the existence of line breaks without the presence of the âlbâ elements. However, an extra text-parsing step can be integrated to locate such line breaks 273
9.8 Structure of the Kalila Platform 283
9.9 Visualization of the data schema 284
9.10 A screenshot of the layout analysis tool 288
9.11 A screenshot of the line detection tool 288
9.12 A screenshot of the transcription tools 289
9.13 A screenshot of the narrative segmentation tools 289
9.14 A screenshot of a part of the manuscript description summary table 290
9.15 A screenshot of a part of the manuscript description input form 290
Tables
2.1 Unit Table of the Preface of Ibn al-MuqaffÄÊ¿ 45â54
2.2 Units Diverging between Paris continuum and London continuum 55â58
2.3 Unit Table of the Chapter of the Rat and the Cat 60â66
3.1 Queen continuum manuscripts 88
3.2 Dreams group manuscripts 97
4.1 Chronological list of illustrated manuscripts of KalÄ«la wa-Dimna, including those with gaps and captions 110â11
4.2 Distribution of illustrations in the chapter of the King and His Dreams 120â23
4.3 Numbers and congruence of illustrated scenes of manuscripts in image groups 126â29
4.4 Core motifs of image group A in the chapter Kd 132â33
4.5 Core motifs of image group B in chapter Kd 134â35
4.6 Core motifs of image group C in chapter Kd 136â37
8.1 al-Asad wa-l-arnaba 258â59
9.1 Workflow for collecting descriptive data, using general purpose software 279
9.2 Workflow for collecting descriptive data, using specialized software 279
9.3 Workflow for transcribing and segmenting, using general-purpose software 280
9.4 Workflow for transcribing and segmenting, using specialized software 281