3. The unit of Scale wherever possible should be the inch.
4. Give the Size, measured from one inner margin to another, vertical measurements first, to the nearest quarter-inch below the actual size.
5. The Date of arrangement is that printed on the map; but modern maps illustrating places at a past period in history arrange under the period, the publication date being added to the entry merely as information. Undated maps from atlases or other works take the date of the work in which they appear.
All catalogues so arranged require topographical and subject indexes.
The filing of maps was dealt with in the chapter on [Filing and Indexing].
442. Deeds.
442. Deeds.—Deeds are difficult to handle and store because of their shape and size, the seals attached to them, and for other reasons. For ordinary purposes flat filing in boxes similar to those used for maps will serve. The cataloguing of deeds has been variously done, but for local purposes a topographical arrangement, with a chronological sub-arrangement, is recommended. Examples of typical entries may be given:
Bagshot.
1715 21 June (i. George I.). Lease of Cottage and Land. Bagshot. From Walter of Busbridge to Grayham of Bagshot, 99 years at 4/- per ann. (consid. £24.3.0.).
dS69(333)