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Dirk Schornstein uses AI assistance to interpret the Löffelholz Codex page by page
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Löffelholz-Codex.org: First Page-by-Page Digital Reading of a 1505 Nuremberg Knight's Compendium of Tools
Engineer Dirk Schornstein has launched Löffelholz-Codex.org, using AI to assist in transcribing and interpreting page by page the 154-page compendium of tools by the 1505 Nuremberg knight Martin Löffelholz—the first complete reading of the book in over 500 years. The book depicts devices such as a drill with interchangeable bits, a swivel chair with casters, a wheel-lock igniter, and a mercury rocking chair; 127 pages have been reviewed and proofread, while 27 pages remain AI first drafts marked "raw transcription".