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Peter Stallybrass

established the History of Material Texts seminar at the University of Pennsylvania in the last century. He now lives in rural idiocy in Massachusetts, making regular visits to rare books libraries to escape the noise of the birds and chainsaws.
Dots and Slashes in Early Modern English Account Books: A Window into the Material Practices of Reckoning
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Dots and Slashes in Early Modern English Account Books: A Window into the Material Practices of Reckoning

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Heather Wolfe Peter Stallybrass Ray Schrire

The solution to this month’s Folger Mystery reveals the purpose of dots and dashes drawn in early modern account books