Personal Reasons: On Mai-mai Sze’s Motivations for Reading and Annotating
By guest contributor Erin Schreiner In studying annotations, we think of ourselves as entering into an otherwise impenetrable space: the
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Breadcrumbs in the Library
by guest contributor Erin Schreiner In the spring of 1989, Mai-mai Sze (1909-1992) and her partner Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) were
Personal Philology
by guest contributor Richard Calis For those who care to look closely enough, the world of early modern philology has
Imagining the World of Early Print
By guest contributor Devani Singh Amongst the incunabula or “cradle books” – those produced before 1500, in the infancy of
Annotations and Generations (II)
by guest contributor Frederic Clark Adam Winthrop died in 1623—seven years before his son John would board the Arbella and
Annotations and Generations
by guest contributor Frederic Clark The history of reading has recently witnessed an explosion of interest, doing much to transform
Records of Student Life in Early Modern Europe
by Madeline McMahon Much of student life in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe revolved around writing in books. Unlike modern library