Anyone who'd like to try their hand (eye?) at very similar work, but in a supportive, fail-safe setting, Zooniverse has several transcription projects:<p>* Letters by Dutch and Flemish artists from the 1500s [1]<p>* Hebrew and Arabic scripts from the 10th Century [2]<p>* Letters from Shakespeare's contemporaries [3]<p>* Hand-written notes by modern artists from the Tate ("Anno-Tate") [4]<p>* Letters between anti-slavery advocates of the 19C [5]<p>[1] <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/vincent-/parochial-archive-project-in-rome/about/research" rel="nofollow">https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/vincent-/parochial-archi...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/judaicadh/scribes-of-the-cairo-geniza/about/research" rel="nofollow">https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/judaicadh/scribes-of-the...</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.shakespearesworld.org/#!/about" rel="nofollow">https://www.shakespearesworld.org/#!/about</a><p>[4] <a href="https://anno.tate.org.uk/#!/about" rel="nofollow">https://anno.tate.org.uk/#!/about</a><p>[5]<a href="https://www.antislaverymanuscripts.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.antislaverymanuscripts.org/</a>