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9 Legal Miscellanea 1 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/legmisca9 and id is 1 raw text is: L A TWviiT I R FO R IHE FRItEND S ALEGFAHnTHCJMTIOI RNSIAWI _.t3RARY MJSCE LLANEA VOLUME 9, NUMBE P1, PRrNG o2: rTim,, GEORGE VASHINGTON UNIVERSITY LAW( SHoo COLECLIO(_.,NS FOCUS: Summa artis notariae (1492) Robert 0. Steele, Cataloging Librarian R olandinus de Passageriis (ca. I215-1300) composed his Summa artis notariae, a form- book for notaries, around 1255 in Bologna, home of the earliest and most prestigious medieval law school. The work circulated widely in manuscript for over two hundred years before it was first printed in 1476; it was translated from the original Latin into Italian, French, German, and other languages, and was still in use in some areas until the eighteenth century The Law Library holds other editions of the Summa, including printings from -oj9, 1)83, and 1590; the newest addition is a well-preserved and beautifully bound copy of the 1492 printing from Venice.' The sparse title page, typical of earl) printed works, of Rolandinus's Suima artis notariae (1492) with abbreviated title Summa orlandina.' I Its 1492 printing qualifies this copy of the Summa as an incunabulum; the term is derived from the Latin for in the cradle, and used for books printed in Europe using movable metal type between the mid-fifteenth century and before5oi. continued on page 2) IVIK[NG PCH:NGTS:k.AVVS C RAT HI I STC) RY .PC ECT uring the past year, GW Law has embarked upon an oral history project to record the experiences and impressions of its emeri- tus faculty and deans, the Stockton Guard (Law School alumni who graduated fifty or more years ago), and other key members of the GW Law community. One purpose of conducting oral histories is to record aspects of the history of the Law School that otherwise might remain undiscovered. Preserving this information allows it to become a permanent resource for future researchers; a recorded recollection can provide a singular perspective on institutional events that typically does not surface in the institution's documents, newspapers, and magazines. Oral history refers both to the technique of gathering information from interview subjects (also called narrators), as well as the audio- visual product of the interview and its transcription. According to the Oral HistoryAssociation, Oral history interviews seek an in-depth account of personal experience and reflections, with sufficient time allowed for the narrators to give their story the fullness they desire. The content of oral histories is grounded in reflec- tions on the past as op- posed to commentar on purely contempo- rarv events.' The oral tradition is a building block of historical method; recollection and narration of past events by those who ex- perienced them recalls Thucydides and his practice of recording events (in roi evets (in The Interview process: narrator David Robinson, Jr., Professor his case, the Pelopon Emeritus of Law, and interviewerfJename Mvfeade, Director of Special Collections. Oral Historyssociation, Thincip/es for OraIHistory atd BestPrctices for Oral Hz tor; bttp:/~wcwunratlistrynrgido-oril-bistory/principles-aqi-practices/(Jine i,z 202) (continued on page 15)

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