Description
Book SynopsisDiplomatics was originally developed in France during the seventeenth century in attempts to prove the authenticity of archival documents. It was later refined in European universities as a legal, historical, and philological discipline, and in the twentieth century it has primarily been applied to medieval and early modern documents in order to evaluate their authority as sources of research. Diplomatics embraces the perspective of the modern archivist, and investigates the origin, development, and application of diplomatic concepts. It examines the organizational and evaluative effectiveness of diplomatic concepts in the context of modern records and archival systems, and looks at the relationship between originality and authenticity in records. The physical and intellectual form of records is examined, and the traditional methodology of diplomatic criticism is clearly explained and augmented by tips concerning its archival use. Diplomatics was originally a series of six articles tha
Trade ReviewDuranti's diplomatics-based approach to the analysis of records is an important strand of research, especially in the context of electronic records...this book provides an excellent, theoretical, starting point. * Journal Of The Society Of Archivists *
This book, in bringing the fullness of diplomatic ideas to our attention and in English, is a valuable service to many groups because diplomatics transcends disciplinary boundaries....deserves to be the cornerstone in the archivist's library, and should have an important place in the working libraries of historians and knowledge engineers. * Archivaria *
Investigates the origin, development, and application of diplomatic concepts and examines their effectiveness as concepts to organize and evaluate modern records and archival systems. * Reference and Research Book News *
Table of ContentsPart 1 FOREWORD Part 2 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Part 3 INTRODUCTION Chapter 4 1. The Origin, Nature and Purpose of Diplomatics Chapter 5 2. The Fact, The Act, and the Function of Documents Chapter 6 3. The Persons and the Public and Private Nature of Documents Chapter 7 4. The Procedure of Creation of Documents Chapter 8 5. The Form of Documents and Their Criticism Chapter 9 6. The Uses of Diplomatics Part 10 INDEX
