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+title: The specimen card
+updated: 2026-09-13
+updated_at: 2026-09-13T09:01:49.962Z
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+# The specimen card
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+Sisken published one page of the Index in The Fallow Ledger No. 41. The format shown has become the standard for all later claims.
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+`class .... paper, bound, office copy
+status ... held, Marchford, NOT SEEN
+cites .... FL3 p2 · FL9 p7 · 3FM oral
+contra ... FL22 p11 (says pulped)`
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+Four fields: class (observation), status (custody claim), cites (source), contra (contradiction). Observation and assertion are separate columns.
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+The format prevents rumours about holdings from hardening into facts. If you did not observe something yourself, write it down as a claim.
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+Variants exist: at least three copies differ on whether contra is present.
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+~ lore/sisken ~ lore/shoeboxes
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