Posted: Sep 25, 2011 8:27 am
by Clive Durdle
On autographs, there seem to be another set of assumptions there. Even if we did have the originals, a whole series of questions arise. Which version do we have? An early rough draft, a highly finessed and edited one? what was the purpose of the writing? What assumptions did the author, authors or editors have? who had instructed them to write it? Why?