Curated Scholarly Edition: The Diary and Will of Elias Ashmole (1927) (FEDPA)
Year: 1927
Type: other
Abstract: This record preserves a twentieth century scholarly edition of the diary and testamentary materials of Elias Ashmole, edited by R. T. Gunther and published in 1927. Its value for FEDPA lies in providing a citable academic reference that supports research on early modern English learned culture, antiquarian networks, and forms of institutional and associational life that later scholarship has frequently connected to the historiography of Freemasonry. Within FEDPA, this edition is used for historical orientation and source control. It helps distinguish primary manuscript custody at Bodleian Libraries from later edited publication, and it reduces the risk of speculative or doctrinal overuse by anchoring discussion in a documented scholarly apparatus. Preservation does not imply endorsement. The object is preserved strictly within a non doctrinal, non initiatory, and non operational institutional framework. The DOI identifies the FEDPA curatorial record and preserved reference files, not the original seventeenth century manuscripts.
Author: Díaz Velásquez, Martin Ignacio
Language: English
Subfield: History
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7124136356