An interesting and useful looking site. -dan
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: English archives' MSS catalogues Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:54:58 -0400 From: Juris G. Lidaka lidaka@OSCAR.WVSTATEU.EDU Reply-To: Medieval Texts - Philology Codicology and Technology MEDTEXTL@listserv.uiuc.edu To: MEDTEXTL@listserv.uiuc.edu
In search of information about a manuscript held by the Society of Antiquaries of London, and having oddly not found a catalogue for it in a Big 10 research library yesterday, though I clearly recall having seen one somewhere, or at least having seen a reference to it, I googled and found this wonderful site:
"Access to Archives" billing itself as "The English strand of the UK archives network." A catalogue entry--based on Ker's MMBL but going somewhat beyond it--was there, much to my joy. I share the information of this site with you. Though I prefer a catalogue in my lap, because I value browsing, this served the immediate need. Still, to quote our founder, we are getting there.
-- Juris
Juris G. Lidaka Department of English West Virginia State University Institute, WV 25112-1000 USA