Dobesh Society

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Catalog description

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Archival image

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Transcription and translation

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Contributor material

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Public-release rule

The site may publish an eligible factual description and citation while withholding the image or full transcription. Every public asset must record provenance, fixity hash, rights holder or custodian, allowed use, privacy state, and review date. “Available online” is never used as a substitute for permission.

Citing this site

Cite the page title, Dobesh Society, URL, content-status date, and the underlying source citation shown on the page. A future public data export will carry its own version, schema, manifest, and reuse terms.

R2 source-image boundary

The six record dossiers publish citations, descriptions, short excerpts or paraphrases only. No MZA, NARA-aggregator, Ancestry, Newspapers.com, family-copy, obituary, or memorial image is included. Each image remains held until provenance and reuse are reviewed for that exact object.

Scripture, translations, and rights

The site distinguishes exact quotation, paraphrase, and thematic citation. Current Tobit, Psalm 100, Proverbs 22, and Sirach references are paraphrases with links because the existing NABRE memo does not clearly grant ordinary public-web excerpt use. The book's adapted Tobit 9:6 text is not reproduced as NABRE, and the full Tobit 13 canticle is not reproduced.

Short RSV-2CE excerpts remain within the project permission thresholds. Required notice:

Douay-Rheims wording is public domain. Czech scripture on this site is paraphrase only, pending translation and rights review.

Content status updated 18 August 2026.