The starting point of the project to be reported about
here was the conference dedicated to the fulfillment of
“100 Years of Tocharian Studies” which took place in
Saarbrücken (Germany) on 13–15 October, 1995.
Within a panel session, the participants of the conference
discussed the necessity of digitizing the Tocharian manuscripts
that are preserved in several European museums with
a view to two major aims. One of these consists in preserving
the data the manuscripts contain for eternity. This is an
aim of high priority. at least as far as the Berlin collection is
concerned. because here, many manuscripts, albeit preserved
in glass frames, have suffered great damages during
World War II (when the collection had to be evacuated),
and there are hardly any means of protecting them from
further erosion...
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