Rant on research; was, Re: [Sca-cooks] Re: Coffyns

[Martin G. Diehl]

Bill Fisher wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 00:43:06 -0500, Martin G. Diehl 
> <mdiehl at nac.net> wrote:
> 
> > Instead of, "hope they have a biblio" ...
> > You could say, "Be sure they have a biblio before purchase."
> >
> > > Cadoc
> >
> > Vincenzo
> 
> Well, I could go to that extreme, but I don't.

OK

> I don't have that large of a collection of Medieval
> books or books on period topics even though I
> have a few hundred books.  But I am still interested
> in reading someone else's point of view on the
> subject.  Their biblio is what weights their view in
> my mind.  But they can sometimes shine a new
> light on something even with an incomplete biblio.
> 
> I mean it happened in period, why should we discount
> the same today?  I am interested in the though as well
> as the word.

Good answeer.  

> Cadoc

Vincenzo

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