7/7/2021
Hi, David M. (and anyone else with information)
Please do say more about evidence for the likely German origins of the Magazine
Cover Box.
You’ve made me very curious.
How can independent invention be ruled out!
Thanks,
Karen
karenmre...@gmail.com
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davidgrahammitch...@outlook.com wrote:
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> 1. Re: Implications of the term 'Traditional' and call for
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> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2021 08:30:00 +
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> Hans wrote:
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>> I believe the most extensive attempt at collecting "traditional models" is
>> that of David Petty:
>> http://britishorigami.info/academic/davidpetty//index.htm. For all I know,
>> he is right about that list
>
> Dave's methodology in creating this list was to look through books and to
> include anything that the author had designated traditional. Clearly, if
> mistakes were made in the original work, then they are perpetuated in his
> list. As far as I know he did not attempt any verification of the information.
>
> Most of the mistakes I have found relate to the geographical origin of the
> designs. The Magazine Cover Box, for instance, is designated as Japanese,
> although the evidence suggests that it is German in origin.
>
> Dave (yes, another one)
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> End of Origami Digest, Vol 183, Issue 7
