5.3.5.1  Image Selection

DS works from the principle that all manuscripts are represented by at least one image, and it attaches the criterion to the Manuscript level, not the Part or Text level.  The assumption is that children inherit the characteristics of their parents, so under the simplest of situations, the genetic line is entirely straight:  one great-grandfather who has one child a.k.a. the grandfather, who himself has one child a.k.a. the father, who then has one child, metaphorically representing Manuscript, Part, Text, Image.  In this case one image fully represents the genealogy.  That's why the report will show you a list of Manuscripts that have no images; it's the bare minimum.  In reality, you'll probably chose more than one image per manuscript/part/text; the DS average waffles between six and seven images per manuscript with considerably higher numbers for illuminated manuscripts such as books of hours.  Read the section on Image Selection in the Data Dictionary; then follow the dictates of the manuscript which will itself select the number of images that it feels is appropriate to its own needs.

This report will remind you of manuscripts for which no images have been selected (not Parts that have no selected images; not Texts; just Manuscripts).