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Tangent: I like the catalog display that you link to (aka, from the 'old version of their collections database') better than their new revised version http://we
by metasean 11y ago
Tangent: I like the catalog display that you link to (aka, from the 'old version of their collections database') better than their new revised version http://webapps.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?oid=70534 http://webapps.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/explorer/index.php?oid=7...
The new version has more information available at a glance, but I like the larger text of the previous entry, and I like having the full images at the bottom of the previous entry. Not to mention the previous version has six images while the new entry only has four.
I didn't check to see how hard it was to actually find something in their old collections database, but I ended up having to snag the Accession Number from the old entry to actual get to a detailed view in the new collections database. For some reason, I could find the thumbnail view easily through several searches, but when I clicked any the thumbnail, it always took me to a different search results page with nothing but coins on it.
- ZoZoBee 11y agoThe 2 pictures which are not a part of the new collection look to be from a reproduction piece as the steel blade appears to be way to pretty for 2000 years old
- jacquesm 11y agoFYI The blade is not made of steel, the iron age started 1200 BC and the rest of the body of the tool is made from silver. And for an encore, it could have been made of steel since steel has been produced for a very long time but the better bet would be for this to be iron from a meteorite which is high in nickel content and so already quite hard and oxidation proof.
- metasean 11y agoI believe ZoZoBee was referring to the blade in the reproduction piece [1, 2]. I didn't see any information on the reproduction piece itself. [1] http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=70534#3 http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail.... [2] http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail.html?&priref=70534#4 http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/opac/search/cataloguedetail....