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Twill tape, plus toggles, plus toggler, equals quick-ties
“What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?”: December 2022
The habitability of our planet—is it only a contemporary issue?
When Past is Prologue: Munro, Malley, and the #IranRevolution
“What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?”: November 2022
This month crocodile mystery comes from John Ward’s diary, V.a. 291, volume 8, leaf 18v. Can you decipher the highlighted text especially the first and last words of the sentence? Leave your attempts in the comments below and we’ll…
Condicions agreed vppon: a 17th century Polish-Turkish treaty
a guest post by Carrol Benner Kindel Introduction The subject manuscript, page 237 of Folger MS V.b.303, is contained within a “collection of political and parliamentary documents” compiled between the middle of the 16th and middle of the 17th centuries.…
Postcards Folger Directors Sent Me
a guest post by Stephen Grant J. Ainsworth postcard of Folger Exhibition Hall Printed on picture side: Nothing Printed on address side: Exhibition Hall, Folger Shakespeare Library Washington, DC www.folger.edu Barcode 0010060380 Photo by J.…