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The E-Sylum: Volume 6, Number 15, April 13, 2003, Article 8 RESEARCH ON NUMISMATIC LITERATURE Tom Fort, Editor of our print journal, The Asylum, writes: "As a few readers may know, each issue of the journal Anglo-Saxon England contains a bibliography of works published the previous year dealing with Anglo-Saxon studies It occurred to me that a similar idea might be good for The Asylum. After all, we are not the only journal to publish works on numismatic literature (check out Joel Orosz' article in the latest issue of the American Journal of Numismatics as an obvious example). Therefore, it is my idea to list in the Summer 2003 issue of The Asylum all works dealing with numismatic literature which appeared outside of our pages between 2000 and 2003. To make this list even half as complete as I would like, I will need much help from E-Sylum readers and their friends. I would like people to look through their libraries and other libraries (both public and private) and send me via email any listings they can find. I especially need to hear from readers who live abroad and have access to material that is not in English. Likewise, those of you familiar with US coinage and writers (of which I have little knowledge) will be a big help. The listings should have the following: For books: Full name of author, full title, place and year of publication. For articles: Full name of author, full title of article, full title of publication, volume number, issue number (if there is one), year of publication, page numbers. Things which count: Any work that deals with numismatic literature in a substantial way. If the material in the work is not obvious from the title, then please send a brief description - no more than two sentences. For example, there might be a book on numismatic aspects of the reign of the emperor Vespasian that contains a chapter reviewing the history of the scholarship on his coinage. Such a book should be listed. Biographies of numismatic writers are welcome, but please use some judgment. For example, W.B. Yeats did write a short monograph on Irish coinage, however this was not his primary (or even secondary) interest. Unless the work on Yeats devotes a substantial chapter, or more, to this work I would not include it. On the other hand, Theodor Mommsen wrote a massive book, and a number of articles, on Roman Republican coinage. He also used numismatic evidence in a number of his other works. A biography on him would be acceptable. Likewise, obituaries of numismatic writers are also good. Things that I do not want: Notices of publication or literature sales, like those that appear in Coin World or Numismatic News. Likewise book reviews that simply give a summary of the contents should not be sent. On the other hand, critical book reviews are welcome. I, also do not want to list auction sales or fixed price lists. The obvious exception to this are publications like the Numismatic Circular and the Rare Coin Review which include scholarly articles along with their lists of items for sale. Web sites, no matter how good, will not be listed because they lack the permanence of the printed page. If you know of something and are not certain please contact me and I shall let you know. All those who submit material will be listed (unless they say otherwise) in the article. I can be reached at Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@coinlibrary.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum | |
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