The latest post at Dr. Mark Jardine's excellent Book of Martyrs highlights the importance of reading errata lists and always remaining aware of the fallibility of type-setters, early modern or otherwise. In the present instance closer examination of an errata list revealed mistakes in a printed text which subsequently found their way into monumental inscriptions, leading to errors of fact quite literally graven in stone; a reminder that even the most enduring of the genealogist's sources is not above suspicion.
Copyright © 2014 Kelsey Jackson Williams
Copyright © 2014 Kelsey Jackson Williams