Semantics: Ars Minor or Ars Major?
Fellow Layla Zeitouni explains how the Term “Major” Allowed the Gutenberg Bible to Supersede the Donatus
Thomas Nashe’s Almond for a Parrat (1590), corrected by the author
Identifying handwritten corrections by the author Thomas Nashe in his own work, Almond for a Parrat
Twelfth Night in the Folger Collection
Our assistant curator highlights a new acquisition and other material in our collection related to Twelfth Night
Sitting with the Book of Martyrs
A participant in the undergraduate seminar, Whose Sovereignty?, experiences the materiality of the 1583 edition of John Foxe’s Actes and Monuments
Deep Dive into Gorakh Dhanda or what Partington thought of Indian Shakespeare in 1913
Fellow Anandi Rao takes a close look at a copy of an Urdu translation of The Comedy of Errors.
Finding Beulah
Fellow Sara Pennell hunts down the former owner of one the Folger’s many recipe books.
C. Walter Hodges and Reconstructed Shakespearean Theatres
Fellow Alex Baines looks at the drawings of C. Walter Hodges and how they continue to impact how we imagine the Globe Theatre
The Mirror and The Light in the Folger collection
Ahead of the US premiere of The Mirror and the Light, curator Heather Wolfe shares the juicy stories behind items in our collection related to Cromwell and Anne of Cleves.
Discovering Paolo Bozi’s Rappresentatione Del Giudicio Vniuersale
Folger Fellow Ianick Takaes explores an early modern staging of heaven and hell.
The Curious Papers of the Curious Dr. Stukeley
A look at items in the Folger collection belonging to William Stukeley, an antiquarian with an interest in Robin Hood
Seeking and Finding: Using the Collection in an Undergraduate Writing Class
GWU students reflect on their experience using the Folger collections in Dr. Rachel Pollack’s first-year writing course.
Unsexing St. Agatha
To celebrate her feast day, explore the legend of Saint Agatha as told through Folger manuscript V.b.334