31-12-2024, 11:48 AM
Koen: This is one reason why I think archival research is so important. One can either wait until material becomes digitised or one has to visit archives in person or request photoreproductions from archives. It would help if people were to produce lists of manuscripts or other documents that they would like to see which have not yet been digitised. They may well be listed in an inventory even if they haven't been digitised.Then if people live near or visit the area where there is an archive which such documents then maybe they can photograph them. It may be a very long wait until all the manuscripts people want to see have been digitised, so to make progress we need to be more proactive in locating documents. I have asked if anyone knows of any documents in the Lombardy area that they think I should look at on my trip and which I can photograph and share with interested people if not directly on the forum, so far I have not received any suggestions. I have my own ideas of what I want to look at, but I would welcome other suggestions. Even if the suggestions are more general such as a specific archive that they think might have something of interest.