[sisbb] Petizione contro la vendita della Mendham Collection
- From: Paolo Tinti <paolo.tinti@xxxxxxxx>
- To: sisbb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 15:56:42 +0200
Inoltro notizia della petizione "The Law Society of England and Wales: Stop the
break-up and sale of the Mendham Collection", volta a impedire la vendita
all'asta della Mendham Collection di Canterbury.
Con preghiera di diffusione e i più cordiali saluti, Paolo Tinti
Inizio messaggio inoltrato:
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> I am writing to ask for your support for a campaign by the University of
> Kent and Canterbury Cathedral to save the Mendham Collection, a historic
> library of manuscripts and printed material.
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> Its founder, Joseph Mendham (1769-1856), was an Anglican vicar and, in the
> words of the Dictionary of National Biography, a ‘religious controversialist’.
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> The collection was given to the Law Society in the 1860s, and then loaned by
> them to the University of Kent and Canterbury Cathedral in 1984. You can
> browse through the collection's holdings on the University's library
> catalogue by looking up the keyword 'Mendham'.
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> Although we have an agreement with the Law Society until the end of 2013,
> they have suddenly decided to sell the most valuable items at auction to plug
> a hole in their finances. On Wednesday, Sotheby's took away about 300 of the
> most valuable books.
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> Colleagues in and beyond Kent are extremely distressed by this and are hoping
> to draw attention to the plight of the collection. We are entreating the Law
> Society to pause so that we can try to find a way to preserve the collection
> intact for current and future researchers. We have sympathy for the Law
> Society's predicament but are nonetheless horrified that this historic
> collection is to be sacrificed.
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> Yesterday, we launched a petition: please add your signature if you would
> like to help us to secure the future of the Mendham Collection.
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> Sincerely yours,
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> Alex
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> Dr Alixe Bovey
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> Chair, Mendham Collection Task Force
> Director of the Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies & Lecturer in
> Medieval History
> School of History
> University of Kent
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> a.bovey@xxxxxxxxxx
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