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  1. Feb 2024
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    The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
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    1. chrisaldrich 08 Feb 2024
      two small flaws in the Dictionary’s compilation process

      It is incredibly difficult to plan in advance what to collect for any zettelkasten, even when its scope is tightly defined, like it would have been for the Oxford English Dictionary.

      compilation errors compilation processes zettelkasten planning collector's fallacy Oxford English Dictionary zettelkasten

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    Review: Blair, Ann M. Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information Before the Modern Age. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2010. Pp. Xv, 397. ISBN 978-0-300-11251-1 (Hardcover) $45
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    1. chrisaldrich 19 Apr 2022
      She frequently cites authors second-hand(“as quoted by”, “see,” etc.) rather than primary texts, and in some instancesthis practice results in the kinds of errors for which earlier compilations werecriticized. The most egregious of these occurs when Blair cites Ann Moss on

      Guarino da Verona when making the unlikely claim that note taking begin in earnest with Francesco Sacchini in the seventeenth century rather than a hundred years earlier with Erasmus and Vives.

      I almost feel like I've arrived as I noticed this error in the text myself.

      Interesting that he calls her out for making a compilation error, something which is very meta with respect to this particular text.

      Desiderius Erasmus Guarino da Verona compilation errors Francesco Sacchini

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