As a cartobibliographer, allow me say that I think Andrew Cook's
question was an intelligent one, not semantic hair-splitting (a mixed
metaphor).
Richard Oliver
> On 15 Sep 00, at 19:58, Andrew Cook wrote:
> >
> > I am sufficiently intrigued by one point in Velma Parker's
> > thorough response on cataloguing copper printing plates to ask a
> > question. If successive states of a copper plate are
> > formed by a sequence of alterations to the engraved information,
> > in what circumstances could a copper plate be found in any state
> > other than the latest state?
> >
> > Andrew Cook
>
> With all due respect to the learned gentleman but I do feel that this
> is just a viewpoint concerning semantics. The state of any object
> for recorded preservation will always be, in its 'latest' state. How
> and ever, if that object has noticeably been altered at some point
> previous to its 'latest 'state, as stated my V.Parker, then it is useful
> information to have that knowledge recorded as additional
> information.
>
> Let's have a sensible discussion here about map archiving and how
> we go about it rather than one about the semantics of how we
> present our comments and unnecessary verbage used. At least I,
> as a lay person, understood the response from V.Parker
>
> Alan Magnus-Bennett
> Alan Magnus-Bennett
> Cartographer and Map Curator
> Geography Department
> School of Environmental Sciences and Land Management
> University College Worcester
> Worcestershire
> WR2 6AJ
> phone: 01905 855183
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Richard Oliver, B.A., D.Phil., F.B.Cart.S.,
School of Geography & Archaeology
University of Exeter
Exeter, EX4 4RJ
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