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Ben Jonson's Library
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Ben Jonson's Library

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Caroline Duroselle-Melish

While last week we brought up the anniversary of Ben Jonson’s first folio and discussed copies of this book that are held at the Folger Shakespeare Library, this week we’ll discuss Jonson’s library and his books at Folger. Jonson is…

The Other First Folio
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The Other First Folio

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Abbie Weinberg Elizabeth DeBold

Although many people talk about Shakespeare’s First Folio, we often forget another, perhaps equally important, First Folio that arrived slightly earlier, in 1616. While most of the attention this year has been on the anniversary of Shakespeare’s death, this other…

I have sent you a Privy Seal...
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I have sent you a Privy Seal...

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Heather Wolfe Sarah Powell

The answer to last week’s crocodile mystery? As Jan Kellett correctly pointed out in her comment to the October Crocodile Mystery, the red-orange concentric circles in this image are an “offset mark made by a seal.” The mark was made…

"What manner o'thing is your crocodile?": October 2016
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"What manner o'thing is your crocodile?": October 2016

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The Collation

A new crocodile mystery for a new month! Can you tell us what this is? As always, please comment with your thoughts and guesses about our mystery image, and we’ll be back next week with the answer!

Faire Europe: Ortelius, Mercator, and the continents
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Faire Europe: Ortelius, Mercator, and the continents

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Abbie Weinberg

Maps, today, are ubiquitous. We have them in our phones, on our public transit, on walls and signs everywhere you turn. Many people learn to read and interpret them from an early age. Conventions that we don’t even know are…

A Recipe’s Place is in the Classroom
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A Recipe’s Place is in the Classroom

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Amanda Herbert

The Folger Shakespeare Library is many things: an internationally-renowned research library, a museum, a performance space, a center for innovative digital initiatives, and home to some of the best air conditioning on Capitol Hill (not something to be overlooked during…

"To benefit the suffering Belgians"
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"To benefit the suffering Belgians"

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Sarah Hovde

As several readers quickly guessed, last week’s crocodile image was a photograph of a Russian edition of Shakespeare’s sonnets. The “ghost” type in the image is due to a glassine (translucent paper) jacket around the volume, which obscures the printed…

“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: September 2016
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“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: September 2016

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The Collation

Ready for September? We are, with a new crocodile mystery for you to take a stab at! What’s going on with this book? Why does some of the text on the cover appear to be faded?  

Uncut, unopened, untrimmed, uh-oh
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Uncut, unopened, untrimmed, uh-oh

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Erin Blake

Do you despair when when you hear “decimate” used to describe a reduction of more than ten percent? Does seeing the caption “Big Ben” on a souvenir postcard showing a London clock tower rather than the largest bell within it make you cringe? If so, heed this warning: never use the phrase…

Introducing A Digital Anthology of Early Modern English Drama
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Introducing A Digital Anthology of Early Modern English Drama

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Elizabeth Williamson Meaghan J. Brown

You know your Shakespeare, but who else was writing for the early modern stage? What did drama look like between 1576 to 1642? How long did plays take to reach print? What playing companies appeared on the title page? Who…

Q & A: Amanda Herbert, Assistant Director for Fellowships Program, Folger Institute
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Q & A: Amanda Herbert, Assistant Director for Fellowships Program, Folger Institute

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The Collation

Amanda Herbert recently became an Assistant Director at the Folger Institute, where she directs each aspect of the Folger fellowships program, from managing the applications process to fostering a sense of scholarly community. As part of the Folger Institute team,…

Honing transcriptions with algorithms and acumen
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Honing transcriptions with algorithms and acumen

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Paul Dingman

A question I often hear from paleographers who contribute transcriptions to Early Modern Manuscripts Online (or EMMO) is: What are you going to do with all these transcriptions? It’s a good question—central to the whole project, actually—but it’s also a complicated one. The…

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