Provenance registry

Sources and research method

Every public factual claim, catalog record, and teaching summary leads back to a visible source. External files remain on their named source websites.

KMEC-reviewed source registry · links verified 16 July 2026

Biographical, publication, and archive sources

Standards and editorial references

How a claim reaches publication

A curator identifies the exact source, records its organization and stable URL, checks the claim at the precision being published, and notes whether the source is primary, organizational, or secondary. A second review is required for direct quotations, translations, contested lineage claims, and rights-sensitive media.

Dates are not made more precise than the source. Unknown places, durations, creators, and permissions remain explicitly unknown rather than being filled in from memory.