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Diplomatics defines form4 as the complex of the rules of representation used to convey a message, that is, as the characteristics of a document which can be separated from the determination of the particular subjects, or places it concerns. Documentary fo

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Diplomatics defines form4 as the complex of the rules of representation used to convey a message, that is, as the characteristics of a document which can be separated from the determination of the particular subjects, or places it concerns. Documentary form is both physical and intellectual.

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Duranti 1998

A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology