What question did this study set out to answer?

To present the Eurasian Latin Archive (ELA) as a tool for analyzing Latin and multilingual texts related to East Asia from historical periods.

May 24, 2026Open Access

The Eurasian Latin Archive

Key Points

To present the Eurasian Latin Archive (ELA) as a tool for analyzing Latin and multilingual texts related to East Asia from historical periods.
Developed under the DAS-MeMo project (2018-2020) and expanded through the SERICA framework.
Provided tools for corpus-based research including querying, filtering, and comparing documents.
Outlined the data model, technical architecture, and NLP workflow.
ELA enables users to effectively analyze historical multilingual texts.
Identified methodological challenges in modeling multilingual Latin corpora.
Discussed future directions for project expansion.

Abstract

The Eurasian Latin Archive (ELA) is a digital platform designed to collect and analyse Latin and multilingual texts relating to East Asia from the medieval and early modern periods. Initially developed within the DAS-MeMo project (2018-2020) and subsequently expanded through the SERICA framework, ELA offers textual data and computational tools for corpus-based research. This article presents ELA as a research environment, outlining its data model, technical architecture, and NLP workflow. Through selected examples, it shows how users can query, filter and compare documents. Beyond a functional overview, the article reflects on some methodological challenges in modelling multilingual Latin corpora and sketches possible directions for future extensions of the project.

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