On 15 Sep 00, at 19:58, Andrew Cook wrote:
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> I am sufficiently intrigued by one point in Velma Parker's
> thorough response on cataloguing copper printing plates to ask a
> question.
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> Edition: If there is an edition statement we would record it.
> If we know that the plate had been amended as evidenced by its
> condition, we might try to establish which state it was if we had
> enough information. But this would require an examination of the
> maps printed from that plate and may not be possible. In the
> latter case, a note could be made that the plate had been amended
> with perhaps an indication of which areas are affected.
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> My question is this. 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
>
> Dr Andrew S Cook
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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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