(26-08-2016, 10:07 AM)Davidsch wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.They hide their knowledge and transcriptions on very well known manuscripts are guarded as if it is gold.
On the other hand they write that such manuscript are the heritage of "their country and their people", and yet, they hide the contents from them.
It makes me angry and disappointed. But i've found this same behavior in almost every country in Europe.
Hi David, I think this point of view is not correct and even dangerous. It is not "us" (the good bloggers and amateurs) against "them" (the evil academic scholars). Academic institutions have made a great number of manuscripts digitally available. Transcriptions require a lot of work (as you know) so it is not unreasonable to guard them as gold. But of course a transcription that is not published is worthless: usually they are published in books.
I don't follow your argument about "their country and their people".
I am sorry for your anger and disappointment, but also the world of bloggers and amateurs seems to me to produce a good deal of disappointing statements.