Buckner schreef:

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There's a project that does exactly this at Nijmegen based Radboud

University (The Netherlands). Info (didn't check if there's an English translation) and links at http://www.ru.nl/wetenschapsagenda/editie_19_-_17_juni/vm/jaargang_3/beeld_o...

Thank you!

I don't see any transcriptions here, however. Or was the original manuscript in Dutch?

Catching up on mail I scanned this thread briefly, and don't think I saw a reply to this question? This is where the transcription is: http://www.let.ru.nl/dierenpalleys/. What has been transcribed is a printed (in 1520) animal encyclopedia in Dutch. (The site is horribly slow right now).

An initiative that I don't believe was mentioned in the thread is Wikisource, one of Wikipedia's sister projects. 'Wikisource is an online library of free content publications, collected and maintained by our community' (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Main_Page). Especially the German wikisource (http://de.wikisource.org/) has developed strict procedures and guidelines for transcription. It contains a sizable amount of medieval material, some of it transcribed from earlier print editions, some from digitised originals.

Personally, however, I don't think wiki is appropriate technology for this type of work (except, perhaps, as a first step).

Peter