Re: VMs: The Friar...

[Dennis <tsalagi@xxxxxxxx>]

elvogt@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Zitat von Tammie Mort <tammiemort@xxxxxxx>:
>
> > i haven't said anything yet, or introduced myself.  However, I would 
> > like to express my agreement with the thought of a high quality 
> > publication of the Ms.  I would buy about 5 or more copies.
>
> Still, preparing and publishing a high-quality reproduction of the VM will be a 
> very costly experiment. Eg, I own a copy of a book about the Bayeux Tapestry 
> which reproduces only a few samples of the BT in an amount of detail which 
> would statisfy the average VM researcher, and that thing already cost in the 
> 60€/US$ range. And mind you that the BT is a much more popular item than the 
> VM, ie will sell in higher numbers.

	A good point, alas.  Octavo was considering publishing the 
VMs, but that would be on CD-ROM, so that would have 
different economics.

	I know that there are facsimile publishers who apparently 
publish rare manuscripts.  I looked around a bit and found 
these:

http://www.publisher411.com/facsimiles.html

http://www.umilta.net/facsimiles.html

http://www.pryor-publications.co.uk/childrenssinging.html

	I don't know what it takes to make such a publication 
economically viable, although it is obviously done.  Why is 
Octavo contemplating it?   Can anyone offer further insight?

> Medium-quality editions in low numbers can otoh be produced at a reasonable 
> price at shops like "Books on Demand" (www.bod.de); I'm sure there are 
> comparable services out there in the US. I've published with BoD and am quite 
> statisfied with them.

	What is this kind of service called?  To do a search, we 
need a name.  Would we get something superior to the Yale 
copyflow?

Dennis

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