Mode connexion:

Databases:

• Potters
• Stamps

Research:

Research méthod:

Simplified search (Potter's name and stamps):

1. The research engine does not take into account characters like blank or point .
   Example: CALENDIO.F is  equivalent  to CALENDIO F or CALENDIOF
   
   
2. The research engine always consider that the given text correspond to an incomplete stamp or potter name. All datas starting or finishing by your text will be proposed.
   
   Example: About a research on ME, it will be returned a stamp like MEDILUS as well as CLEMENS or O FIC[...] ME[...] ID[...]
   


3. Small letters or capital letters: Small letters will be automaticaly transform in capital letters.
   


4. In case of doubt concerning a character, one solution is to perform differents trials including the most probable characters in the text. The second is to replace the uncertain character by a star (*).
   
   

Advanced research (Only stamps):

1. The search engine always consider the submitted stamp is complete . if it is not the case you may replace the missing part by % . Then all datas starting or finishing or composed of your text will be proposed
   Example: If you enter %ME% the search engine will return MEDILUS as well as CLEMENS or O FIC[...] ME[...] ID[...] but if you enter only ME the answer list will be empty
   


2. Small letters or capital letters: Small letters will be automaticaly transform in capital letters.
   


3. In case of doubt concerning a character, one solution is to perform differents trials including the most probable characters in the text. The second is to replace the uncertain character by a star (*).
   
   
4. Option: Only retrograde . Vous can limit the search to this kind of stamp by selecting this option
   Example: If you enter %INVS%, le search engine will return more than 300 stamps but less than 20 if this option is selected
   


5. Option: To take into account the conventionals signs. Conventionals signs are: {AB}=Lettres ligaturées,  '. or :'=1 or 2 or 3 dots superposed,  / =next line,  & =drawing like palm.
   It is very useful when the stamp partialy readable and present one or several particularities taken into account by this conventionals signs
   Example: If you submit %I{MA}, the engine will return more than 250 stamps but less than 200 if this option is selected
   The best in order to understand is to try for example by submitting: A.VI% or %{FE}% or %MA& when this option unselected and then with this option selected
   

Mores advices...

1. It is mutch more preferable to enter only a part of the name then to refine the research depending of the results you get than to enter the entire name. One potter may sign with differents spelling and the difficulty to read a stamps is important so it would be a shame to do without approaching results.
   Examples:
   Double letters: Try with only one letter. Potter ROPPV for example use to sign ROPPVSF but also ROPVSFE.
   Omit to enter the O, OF, OFIC or FE , For M witch are before or after the potter name and that signifie OFFICINNA (Workshop), FECIT (... did it) and MANU (handmade from ...) because a large possibilities exist for the same potter with or without those prefix and suffix. Potter VITALIS for example use to sign VITALISF as well as OF.VITA or OVITALIS
   


2. Take care about reading problems: a letter may hide an other one. Some letters, depending of the styles, looks like very mutch to others like C and G, L and I. Others may be misleading like cursives, ot linked letters.
   Examples linked letters:
   This: is a lying S.
   This: is MA linked and  is  ANT linked.
   This: should be read as EB (E is retrograde).
   Examples cursives letters: or =A, =D, or=F, =G, or=I, =L, or =N, =O,  =Q, or =R, or =S, =T, =V
   


3. Try to replace a letter by an other. For example the final I by a V or E by II. Potter: PATERCLVS use to sign PATERCLVSF as like as PATERCLI. Potter: PATERATVS suse to sign PATERATIO but also PATIIRATI.