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Saturday, April 02, 2011

Question from Lauren - CSP

If a reference says "CSP", is this the same as Letters&Papers, or as CSP, Spanish?

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  1. Usually "Letters & Papers", which function as the state papers collection during Henry VIII's reign, are abbreviated as 'L&P".

    Check the preliminary pages of the book, or look for the very first reference for a 'Calendar of State Papers' to see which one the author is referring to. If multiple volumes of calendars of state papers are being used in a single article or book, abbreviations usually indicate exactly. For example, CSP-Spanish, CSP-Ventian, CSP-Domestic. These might be abbreviated further as CSPS, CSPV, CSPD.

    Usually there is somewhere in the text that indicates how the author or editor has chosen to abbreviate.

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  2. I wonder if anyone knows if the microfiches of the state papers, rather than the calendars, are online?

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  3. Cengage has some of the Tudor era papers online in the original form, i.e. pictures of the original documents. Some of these are accompanied by transcriptions and/or matching entries in the calendars. Unfortunately, the product is institutional subscription only.

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