A
recent (July 29, 2014) article on the website of the College of Arms in London speaks
of pedigree rolls and a project to locate, rehouse and list comprehensively the
large collection of rolled material held at the College, of which pedigree
rolls comprise the largest portion.
As
a part of this project to preserve and conserve these materials, the
newly-appointed Pigott Library at the College has been fitted out with archival
shelving and environmental controls, and the rolls housed in custom-made
acid-free boxes. Over 1,100 rolls have now been entered into a searchable
database there.
There’s
more to the article of course, but I’m not going to repeat it all here for
you. Feel free to go to the website of
the College of Arms, or click this link http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/news-grants/news/item/100-pedigree-rolls to not only see
what the College is doing with this project, but to see some of the pictures
that they have included of some of these one-of-a-kind pedigree rolls. (I especially like how the reverse side of
one roll was used to draw out some chess problems!)
The
College of Arms is to be congratulated on this massive undertaking, which will
preserve and make more accessible these unique materials.
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