> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 14:38:54 +0000 (America/Knox_IN)
> From: Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: archives in france
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Dear Christopher and others who may be interested,
> I'd be curious to know the circumstances under which the Franciscans retained
> (or regained) their medieval documents.
> Such a thing is quite unusual, as far as I know.
I'm not sure how the Clarisses managed to keep at least some of their
manuscripts--there may be some account for Amiens in
Jean Desobry, _Un Aspect peu connu de la Révolution française de 1789
à Amiens_, Amiens: Société des antiquaires de Picardie, 1986.
> >The Institut de Recherche et d'Histoire des Textes in Paris has the
> contents of the archive on microfilm, but you still need the nuns'
> permission to consult it.
>
> I understand that there is a large depository of microfilmed documents in the
> Institut's archives at Orléans also.
>
> Do you, Janice (or anyone else) know how extensive these holdings in
> Paris and Orléans are and where one might find a catalogue of them?
> Is it possible to buy copies of the films?
Yes it is.
The photographic material is all held at Orléans. On the whole, what
it contains is "literary" texts, so not notarial records, for
example. In Paris (40, av. d'Iéna, 75016 Paris)
there are card-files in each department (e.g.Sections Romane, Latine,
Codicologie) arranged by manuscript, with a note on the card when
there is a microfilm or photograph. I think they are in the process
of computerising their files but I don't think it is finished yet.
In theory there is a web-page for Orléans,
http://rosalie.cnrs-orleans.fr/LABO/
This address is a list of CNRS laboratories, with a link to the IRHT but when I tried it I
didn't get anywhere. You might have better luck.
Jan Pinder
Janice Pinder
Research Associate
School of Historical and Gender Studies
Monash University
Clayton 3168
Australia
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