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Severian

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Alice Turner15 Oct 1998, 11:25original as archived

Severian

I went to the Catholic Encyclopedia- http://www.knight.org/advent/ - to see more about Severian, but the article has not yet been transcribed. Bear with me a moment while I rhapsodize about the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, now, lucky for us, in public domain, and in the process of being transcribed in its enormous entirety onto the web. Compared to this treasure of 19th century scholarship, the New Catholic Encyclopedia--feh!--is a pallid thing, shorn of weirdness and wonders, and ever so politically correct. The transcription is done entirely by volunteers. If any of you has access to a university library with the CE (the site helpfully lists locations for you) and a scanner, you will build up merit in the next life by helping them out. Not only that, they will list your name at the end of each article (they have a list of these waiting too). You can be immortal as the one to transcribe Severian! -alga

Peter Stephenson15 Oct 1998, 15:57original as archived

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"Alice Turner" wrote: I went to the Catholic Encyclopedia- http://www.knight.org/advent/ - to see more about Severian, but the article has not yet been transcribed. The transcription is done entirely by volunteers. If any of you has access to a university library with the CE (the site helpfully lists locations for you) and a scanner, you will build up merit in the next life by helping them out.

Oh, that's neat. If you're a Protestant, and believe in justification by faith alone, you don't need the merit, and don't get to transcribe the Catholic Encyclopedia. (Well, maybe GW would appreciate the joke. I'm sure Borges would.) croncrake

Alex David Groce15 Oct 1998, 12:06original as archived

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I notice NC State has a copy. I think I'll stop by the library and see how long it would take to transcribe Severian.

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On Oct 15, 11:25am, Alice Turner wrote: Subject: (urth) Severian I went to the Catholic Encyclopedia- http://www.knight.org/advent/ - to see more about Severian, but the article has not yet been transcribed. Bear with me a moment while I rhapsodize about the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, now, lucky for us, in public domain, and in the process of being transcribed in its enormous entirety onto the web. Compared to this treasure of 19th century scholarship, the New Catholic Encyclopedia--feh!--is a pallid thing, shorn of weirdness and wonders, and ever so politically correct. The transcription is done entirely by volunteers. If any of you has access to a university library with the CE (the site helpfully lists locations for you) and a scanner, you will build up merit in the next life by helping them out. Not only that, they will list your name at the end of each article (they have a list of these waiting too). You can be immortal as the one to transcribe Severian! -alga

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