TY  - JOUR
AB  - Medievalists have such reason to be grateful to the makers of manuscript catalogues in the last half century that any criticism of the products of their labours must inevitably sound ungracious. M. l'Abbé Leroquais may deny that the cataloguer, engaged on work ‘so varied and rich in surprises’, needs our pity, but he is, after all, speaking of France, where such work is sponsored by the State. The British cataloguer, frequently prompted only by his own urge, defraying often the expenses of his visits to the collections, hampered by shortness of time and lack of funds both for the work and for publication, must be revered as a pioneer. He ploughs a lone furrow, frequently self‐taught.
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
SN  - 0022-0418
DO  - 10.1108/eb026157
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb026157
AU  - COVENEY DOROTHY K.
PY  - 1950
Y1  - 1950/01/01
TI  - THE CATALOGUING OF LITERARY MANUSCRIPTS
T2  - Journal of Documentation
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 125
EP  - 139
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -