diff --git a/lib/Bastion/Curator.py b/lib/Bastion/Curator.py
index 22eb5d5..9902b7f 100644
--- a/lib/Bastion/Curator.py
+++ b/lib/Bastion/Curator.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def drift(self):
 #-- {quantim} is the 8 character encoding of timestamp using the Quantim method
 #-- A if the blob is an anchor (full backup) and D if the blob is a differential.
 #-- {anchor} - is a 3 character random string that cannot conflict with any other anchors currently in the archive.
-class Manifest:
+class Manifest(canTextify):
 	"""
 	I represent the chronicled archive of some dataset.
 	I hold a series of "snaps".
@@ -205,6 +205,14 @@ def anchors(self):
 		"""
 		return tuple(sorted(self._anchors.values, key = lambda item: item.RDN))
 
+	#------------------------
+	#-- canTextify protocol |
+	#↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓↓
+	def toJDN(self, **kwargs):
+		return [str(item) for item in self]
+	#↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑↑
+	#-- canTextify protocol |
+	#------------------------
 
 
 class Snap: