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On the editorial deskPS–01
Working cover for The Templar Depositions

Edition in preparation

The Templar Depositions

Confessions, retractions and trial testimony from the medieval record.

Working cover · not offered for sale

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Publishing is the open catalogue. Alongside it, four developing disciplines share a commitment to clear evidence and practical purpose.

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    Source-led editions, with the editorial record open to inspect.

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  3. 03

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    A developing practice for clear, accountable work.

    Method in definition
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  2. 02

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    Distinguish transcription, translation and editorial intervention.

  3. 03

    Keep the uncertainty

    Show gaps and conflicting evidence rather than smoothing them away.

  4. 04

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01 / Publishing

A candidate is not a release.

Why an edition’s preparation and publication are different states.

02 / Research

A boundary is not an omission.

Why showing the limits of evidence makes a record more useful.

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