[armourpic] New Wallace Collection Armour Catalogue

[Luznicky <we4@widomaker.com>]

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Something I recevied on another list that may be of interest.

Mikhail
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>Subject: 
>New Wallace Collection Armour  Catalogue
>Date: 
>Sun, 21 Feb 1999 23:10:50 +0000
>From: 
>mike@srmdel.demon.co.uk (Michael  Lacy)
>   Greetings Fellow Arms and Armour Enthusiast;  For those of you who don't
>know me, allow me to introduce myself. I  am
>Michael Lacy, a recent graduate of Reading University (PhD., History)  and
>long time re-enactor (aka. Earl Michael de Lacy, KSCA). I am  currently
>working as a volunteer at London's prestigious Wallace Collection  on a
>project that I think may be of interest to you, a new edition of  the
>Catalogue of the European Weapons and Armour.  The catalogue, edited by Sir
>James Mann and last printed in 1962, is  in
>need of updating, and additional impetus is given to the project by  the
>fact that the supply of catalogues in the Wallace Collection's  storerooms
>is nearly exhausted. It is the goal of the Curator, David Edge  (co-author
>of Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight) to create a new  catalogue which
>will include material from the 1986 supplement, as well as  more recent
>discoveries by the conservation staff (including metalographic  analysis by
>Dr. Alan Williams). It is also intended for the new catalogue to  have
>photographs of _every_ piece in the collection (the current catalogue  only
>has photos for a small percentage of the items in the collection) as  well
>as new photographs of some of the more important pieces that will take  into
>consideration the sorts of views and angles that armourers need and  want
>(clean profiles, back views, inside views, overhead angles, etc.).  Work is
>also currently under way to place the entirety of the  catalogue
>on-line. This will be an on-going project, with new entries added  as soon
>as they are webbed; the first entries should be on the Wallace  Collection
>web-site within the next couple of months, so you can follow the  progress
>of the catalogue project on-line.  The only problem is funding; money for
>such projects is always in  short
>supply, and David Edge has found that the museum's publication budget  has
>been given over to the 'Fine Arts' people, leaving nothing for arms  and
>armour.  I have suggested that funds for the printing of the new catalogue 
>could
>perhaps be raised by appealing to the many re-enactors,  armourers,
>collectors and enthusiasts, who would be inclined to purchase the  catalogue
>and the following plan is being considered;  A boxed set collector's
>edition of the catalogue (2 volumes) will  be
>produced, strictly limited to 250 numbered copies, and available  by
>subscription only. It is planned to have the catalogues available by  the
>Summer of 2000, with the subscriptions taken by the end of this year.  The
>cost of the limited edition will be 200 pounds sterling (about 330  dollars
>- A high price, but all for a worthy cause). The sale of these  collector's
>editions would raise the necessary funding for us to print the  new
>catalogues. The collector's edition will include several features  that
>will not be included in the regular edition; some of the ideas being  mooted
>include;  - superior binding and paper, possibly the inclusion of several
>colour  plates.  - the inclusion of a CD-ROM version of the catalogue,
>which will  have
>additional photos, essays, expanded bibliography and possibly  some
>quick-time movies of helms and other items from the collection being  turned
>through 360 degrees on a turntable.  - a list of subscribers printed in the
>catalogue.  - invitations to a special reception at the Wallace Collection
>for  the
>launch of the new catalogue, possibly including private gallery tours  and
>lectures.  
>The purpose of this message it to 'test the waters' and conduct  an
>unofficial poll of arms and armour enthusiasts. If you would be  interested
>in supporting this important project by purchasing one or more  collector's
>edition Arms and Armour catalogue for 200 pounds, please e-mail  me and let
>me know. I will be reporting my findings to David Edge at the end  of
>March, and if by then I have received an encouraging number of  positive
>responses, I will contact all of those who have sent me e-mails  and
>announce the final details of the plan and how orders for the  collector's
>edition catalogue may be placed.  +++As the new catalogue project is
>dependent upon sufficient funds  being
>raised through the sale of the collector's edition, it is important  that
>this message get passed on to all and sundry who would be interested,  so
>please spread the word far and wide.+++  I look foreword to hearing from
>you on this matter,  Sincerely,  Michael Lacy 
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