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Tag: marginalia

June 15, 2015 Think pieces

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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April 20, 2015 Museums / Think pieces

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

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April 6, 2015 In the Archives / Think pieces

Personal Philology

by guest contributor Richard Calis For those who care to look closely enough, the world of early modern philology has

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March 23, 2015 Museums

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

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February 11, 2015 Museums / Think pieces

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

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February 9, 2015 Museums / Think pieces

Annotations and Generations

by guest contributor Frederic Clark The history of reading has recently witnessed an explosion of interest, doing much to transform

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