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P. D. A. Harvey.
Editing Historical Records.
Published London: The British Library, 2001.
ISBN 0712346848;
ISBN-13: 9780712346849.
Binding: hardback, stitch bound; printed boards, published without a dustjacket.
Printer: the St. Edmundsbury Press, Bury St. Edmunds.
Size: 159x239x14mm.
Page count: viii,104pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair to good: this is an ex-display copy and has remnants of a large-ish pricing sticker on its front board; otherwise only some evidence of handling here and there, mild scuffs and marks etc., but nothing severe.

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Weight without packaging: 395g.

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This book is about editing documentary texts. It is not a book of instructions, indeed Professor Harvey has only three unbending rules: be accurate; say what you are going to do and do it; and give full references to the document and describe it. Based on these three principles he examines the underlying principles of editing records and historical documents, and the considerations the editor ought to bear in mind when working on these sorts of texts.

Drawing on over thirty years’ experience as editor of the ten volumes of the prestigious Portsmouth Record Series, Professor Harvey looks at the kinds of decisions and methodology the editor should adopt, citing the advantages and disadvantages he has encountered with varying approaches and points of style. Amongst the issues discussed are: selection of documents; the quest for accuracy; normalisation; translation; punctuation; abbreviations; calendaring; presentation and layout; consistency in the use of symbols; external presentation; the archival setting; the historical setting; appendices; the glossary; and indexing, including indexing people, places and subjects.

This book will be invaluable for archivists and historians, and for anyone involved in editing historical document for publication, either in hard copy or electronic format.

No particular medieval emphasis, though some medieval examples are included.

Contents: Rationale; Form; Text; Visual presentation; Intellectual presentation; The index.
Appendices: List of the Portsmouth Record series; Main subject headings for index.

Illustrations: 6, monochrome
Maps & plans: no

Notes: at foot of page
Tables: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 1 page, annotated
Index: yes

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