Comments | arcana_mundi: In which the inventory is so BAD.

arcana_mundi

In which the inventory is so BAD.

May 22, 2009 11:36

So I just heard back from the archivist at Chartres - the gist of which email was 1) the shelfmarks were from the 19th century (another example of how the author didn't actually check her damn data), and here are the new shelfmarks which 2) aren't that useful at this point anyway because both manuscripts were destroyed in a fire in 1944 ( Read more... )

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m_nivalis May 22 2009, 13:39:24 UTC

At least you found out about this in time! I hope the author wrote about the manuscripts before 1944, otherwise it's a bit embarrassing.

And Sunday is supposed to be warm and sunny according to the forecast!

arcana_mundi May 22 2009, 14:00:35 UTC

The author did NOT in fact write it before 1944, she wrote it a few years ago. The whole inventory is something she should be embarrassed by - it's full of errors that she would have discovered in the most cursory checks against the available catalogs. Catalogs which, I pointedly point out, she nevertheless CITED. Implying that she HAD checked them. Ghastly.

When are we hanging out? Want to have dinner together at The White Horse around 6:30 when you get out of the office?

And/or run around with me Saturday (after 4 when the library closes) and/or Sunday? I will wear rollerskates so I can keep up!

m_nivalis May 22 2009, 14:32:33 UTC

6.30 at the White Horse sounds good! Saturday/Sunday is a plan too (we can discuss which day later)

arcana_mundi May 22 2009, 14:41:15 UTC

Excellent - I will see you at The White Horse for dinner!

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Re: One reason to not hate the French arcana_mundi May 22 2009, 14:01:24 UTC

I adore her! I posted this exact video in November.

Children are always exempt from blanket statements about nationalities being such or such and such a thing. :-)