Template:Royal Collection

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This template is used to generate an external link to a web page for an object in the Royal Collection.

Usage edit

The two required parameters are:

RCIN, Royal Collection Identification Number. It is displayed on every object page; it is also a part of the address of every object page.
Object name to be displayed with the link.

The third parameter is optional:

{{Royal Collection|912197|Sir George Carew}} gives:

"Sir George Carew". Royal Collection Trust. Inventory no. 912197.

{{Royal Collection|912197|Sir George Carew|Hans Holbein the Younger}} gives:

Hans Holbein the Younger. "Sir George Carew". Royal Collection Trust. Inventory no. 912197.

{{Royal Collection|912197|Sir George Carew|[[Hans Holbein the Younger]]}} gives:

Hans Holbein the Younger. "Sir George Carew". Royal Collection Trust. Inventory no. 912197.

Alternatively use parameter names:

rcin=Royal Collection Identification Number
title=Object Name
creator=Creator or alternatively author=Author

In addition there are some other named parameter which can be used with named or unnamed parameters:

ref defaults to:

ref=RC rcin

but ref can be overwritten with any value including "none"

ref=none

If is for use with the Harvard templates such as {{sfn}}:

 {{sfn|RC|rcin}}

mode defaults to

mode=cs1

but it can be overwritten with any value. For example

|mode=cs2

For more details on "mode" see Help:Citation Style 1 (used by templates such as {{cite web}}) and Help:Citation Style 2 (used by {{citation}}).

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This template is used to generate an external link to a web page for an object in the Royal Collection.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
1	`1`	Royal Collection Identification Number for the target page.	Number	required
2	`2`	Object name.	String	required
3	`3`	Creator of the object.	String	optional

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