Latvijas arheogrāfija un rakstito vēstures avotu saglabāšanas un popularizēšanas problēmas
The Archaeography, Preservation and Popularization of Written Historical Records in Latvia

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the problems of Latvian archaeography - theoret cal, methodological, and practical aspects of editing written historical records - from the 19th to the early 21st century. In order to evaluate the lev J achieved by Latvian archaeography, the proposed principal criteria of evaluation: (1) the type of edition, (2) the representative selection of records in published collections based on the comprehensive reconstruction of collections of historical records, (3) technical aspects of the representation of historical sources, (4) the introduction of computer technologies in archaeography. Insight into the history of Latvian archaeography shows that tin): highest standard of publication was achieved by Baltic German editors in the' second half of the 19th to the early 20th century. This level was maintained1 to a large extent in the First Republic of Latvia in 1920s - 1930s. In order to achieve the highest standards of archaeography today, the traditions of archaeographic work should be resumed.

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