https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog daily 0.75 2024-07-03 https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2024/7/3/miltons-holinshed-an-update monthly 0.5 2024-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1720030764318-124URUTVWJVDAMRTG8JK/2024-06-07+13.06.31.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Milton's Holinshed: An Update https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1720030798127-20ZNNNM30WG0AV66Y55I/HRC+-q-+DA+130+H732+1587+Copy+2+-+v.+3+GOD+CAPITAL.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Milton's Holinshed: An Update https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2024/5/12/john-miltons-copy-of-holinshed monthly 0.5 2024-05-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/6348ebfa-9319-4703-b9fb-ed67f88ab636/bourne+%26+pratt+-+moment+of+discovery.jpeg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - John Milton's Copy of Holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587) - Make it stand out Comparing letterforms in the Phoenix Public Library’s Rare Books Room. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/c19408f3-94ae-4b43-8ddf-dced33e8a97f/see+stow+otherwise+-+milton%27s+holinshed.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - John Milton's Copy of Holinshed's CHRONICLES (1587) - Make it stand out One of several references to John Stow’s Annales in the copy of Holinshed’s Chronicles (1587) from the Alfred Knight Collection (REF 942 H717c 1586). Image by permission of the Phoenix Public Library. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2023/11/7/making-shakespeare-the-first-folio-on-pbs-great-performances monthly 0.5 2024-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1699389873322-DBQYZXNLQ0BWFECSBN1E/making+shakespeare+filming+1.JPG Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - PREMIERE: "Making Shakespeare: The First Folio" on PBS Great Performances https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1699389889959-JHOBLC4UWBRYZ33GV8N6/Making-Shakespeare-The-First-Folio-Tune-In.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - PREMIERE: "Making Shakespeare: The First Folio" on PBS Great Performances https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2023/2/8/out-now-the-case-for-john-milton-shakespeare-first-folio monthly 0.5 2023-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/4960fbed-7621-4cb8-a99a-410ed5629212/fig.+7a+%28flp%29.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - OUT NOW! The Case for John Milton as the Reader of the Free Library First Folio - Make it stand out The “2d stanza” of the song sung to Mariana in Measure for Measure, added by hand on the last page of the play in the Free Library of Philadelphia’s copy of the First Folio (RBD EL SH15M 1623, sig. G6v). https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2022/6/17/video-early-modern-typography-race-gender monthly 0.5 2022-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/3fe18a2a-21d7-411d-b6aa-6fa1fbf32979/typography+roundtable+-+poster+%28revised%29.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - VIDEO: Early Modern Typography / Race / Gender (Bibliographical Society of America) - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2022/6/16/video-wing-foundation-lecture-on-the-history-of-the-book-newberry-library monthly 0.5 2022-06-17 https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2022/6/16/call-for-proposals-cambridge-elements-in-shakespeare-and-text monthly 0.5 2022-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/4ef73e79-5d4d-4055-bdfa-099f2d252a55/shax+spines.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - CALL FOR PROPOSALS: Cambridge Elements in Shakespeare and Text - Make it stand out Image courtesy of Aaron T. Pratt, Harry Ransom Center (University of Texas at Austin). https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2022/6/16/shakespeare-text-contemporary-readings-in-textual-studies-editing-amp-performance monthly 0.5 2022-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/82e50667-e9cd-4689-a599-d4b093b106c9/shakespeare+slash+text+-+publication+image.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - SHAKESPEARE / TEXT: Contemporary Readings in Textual Studies, Editing, & Performance - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2022/6/16/out-now-typographies-of-performance-in-early-modern-england monthly 0.5 2022-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/920dd6a9-86e0-4104-863c-a1f90778cec9/typographies+of+performance+-+cover.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - OUT NOW! Typographies of Performance in Early Modern England - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2020/7/1/video-re-reading-milton-re-reading-shakespeare monthly 0.5 2020-07-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1593620660571-6JY5DJBSHFUNWPMX911V/catbomb+milton+talk.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - VIDEO: Re-Reading Milton Re-Reading Shakespeare (SRS • June 30, 2020) https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2019/9/18/milton-shakespeare-media-coverage monthly 0.5 2024-03-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1568813531930-39JMGAR778MMT45KPZJV/r%26j+FLPF1.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Milton's Shakespeare: A Digest of Media Coverage Suggested emendations to the text of ‘Romeo & Juliet’ in the Free Library of Philadelphia’s First Folio. [Reproduced with kind permission of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Rare Book Department.] https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2019/9/12/flp-folio-without-milton monthly 0.5 2019-09-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1568344624580-BYNJE8MMHTINOHUEM497/flp+hamlet+1.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - With(out) Milton: Dating the Annotations in the Free Library of Philadelphia's First Folio Detail of manuscript emendation and bracketing in the Free Library of Philadelphia’s copy of Mr William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (1623). [Image reproduced with kind permission of the Free Library of Philadelphia.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1568346137196-2JUEKHK2EJG7MSTFHNC5/r%26j+flp+folio.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - With(out) Milton: Dating the Annotations in the Free Library of Philadelphia's First Folio A set of emendations in “Romeo & Juliet.” [Image reproduced with kind permission of the Free Library of Philadelphia.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1568346250857-SD0IG7JBSMOZJIN20BJ8/hamlet+2+flp+folio.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - With(out) Milton: Dating the Annotations in the Free Library of Philadelphia's First Folio A set of emendations in “Hamlet.” [Image reproduced with kind permission of the Free Library of Philadelphia.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1568345826048-H7JJ3UX4KYMYXPTYXBZB/song+measure+flp+folio.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - With(out) Milton: Dating the Annotations in the Free Library of Philadelphia's First Folio The second stanza of Mariana’s song, supplied in manuscript. [Image reproduced with kind permission of the Free Library of Philadelphia.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1568344996656-VXLJKFP9PC9ZNRJU87UH/flp+folio+spine.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - With(out) Milton: Dating the Annotations in the Free Library of Philadelphia's First Folio The spine of the book’s current binding, which dates to the late seventeenth century. [Image reproduced with kind permission of the Free Library of Philadelphia.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1568346586303-D6JTTM36FNJWX2N13O6T/prologue+r%26j+flp+folio.JPG Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - With(out) Milton: Dating the Annotations in the Free Library of Philadelphia's First Folio The supplied prologue to “Juliet and Romeo.” [Image reproduced with kind permission of the Free Library of Philadelphia.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1568345105855-TLCJIQB4Y1QYTZAYCRN7/cropped+emendation+flp+folio.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - With(out) Milton: Dating the Annotations in the Free Library of Philadelphia's First Folio An example of a marginal emendation that was cropped when the book acquired its current binding. [Image reproduced with kind permission of the Free Library of Philadelphia.] https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1568345682720-9D83DIPH8IFKA1TS7DYL/purchas+flp+folio.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - With(out) Milton: Dating the Annotations in the Free Library of Philadelphia's First Folio A reference to Samuel Purchas’ Pilgrimes (1625) in “The Tempest.” [Image reproduced with kind permission of the Free Library of Philadelphia.] https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2019/3/31/a-working-list-of-questions monthly 0.5 2019-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1554052527721-ROC9PPVLX8O7JU79X3YD/hrc+playbooks.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Navigating New-to-You Rare Book & Special Collection Libraries: A Working List of Questions to Ask Early modern play quartos with fresh call slips in the reading room at the Harry Ransom Center (UT-Austin). https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2018/6/1/depth-of-field monthly 0.5 2018-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1527868790225-XZW1ROZFGCN31E3OUI4X/24935a_3+%281%29.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - "Depth of Field: New Dimensions in the Study of Early Modern Books" #mla19 The deep bite of type on the recto of the title page of The Trial of Chivalry (1605), STC 24935a, Folger Shakespeare Library. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2016/10/16/making-q1-phylaster-quartos-in-the-classroom-redux monthly 0.5 2016-10-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1476637258283-TNWYTNB1LR1ZVSNQQKB5/phylaster+q1.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Making Q1 Phylaster: Quartos in the Classroom (Redux) Detail of Phylaster (1620), Malone 783, Bodleian Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1476638510086-42OLAZDAK55UUY52V53Y/phylaster.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Making Q1 Phylaster: Quartos in the Classroom (Redux) The final products. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2016/7/6/the-scene-ends monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1467818225740-OYBFJT9L4L7T97MVJL9M/AYLI6.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - The last scene of all, / That ends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1467818734388-T3RET0PZRRP0J53UBWSC/AYLI8.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - The last scene of all, / That ends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1467818814183-UO8CB4ZG69J1VQH2654D/AYLI2.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - The last scene of all, / That ends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1467817244492-N3G9ST3ZMC4LT7259R7K/AYLI4.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - The last scene of all, / That ends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1467817182845-SMF4MBK51K8W1429HW2O/AYLI3.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - The last scene of all, / That ends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1467818790073-PIKRMMBQHGLWV0D7XWFO/AYLI1.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - The last scene of all, / That ends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1467818684529-UJ38KP5T75DDH335Z6KG/AYLI7.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - The last scene of all, / That ends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1467818141014-JEVMTYWAUTP592YYEBOP/AYLI5.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - The last scene of all, / That ends https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1467819332015-H0XD8BYTGWCHNLUNH85F/AYLI9.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - The last scene of all, / That ends https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2016/6/11/do-what-you-list monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1465664622995-ON4KT10SYLDMVFGTSPUV/bookseller-list.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Do What You List, Or Don't A diligent reader has marked off the playbooks on this bookseller list that they have bought/read (or perhaps have not bought/read). [Holk.d.29, Bodleian] https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2016/6/1/shared-archives-new-methods-shakeass17 monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1464797768354-I2WYKRDGD07MJFQIOFCH/finis.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Shared Archives, New Methods: Book History and Theater History Across Media #shakeass17 Detail of Plays 2.1, Worcester College Library, Oxford https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2016/4/14/glyphsinthewild monthly 0.5 2016-07-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650725588-SKJMBF0J68LIABB8MXFI/Image-1-2.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Arrow (+ Shakespeare) Quagga Rare Books & Art (Kalk Bay, Cape Town) — I'd like to think that this arrow is encouraging us to look past Shakespeare. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650789401-XWBV7JTGTNFTOVAV9V4D/Image-1-3.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Asterisks (+ Airline Ticket) MSY → CLT — Asterisks used to call attention to the boarding time and to serve as a placeholder for missing or irrelevant fields of information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650725843-MIJDWGS12O478KA4E012/Image-1-4.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Asterisks (+ Elevator Keypad) Sheraton Hotel (New Orleans LA) — Asterisks appeared on the elevator keypad when you entered a floor that did not exist. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650726184-H0NRXK7B56ECS5YWVT89/Image-1-5.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Arrow (+ Coffee) Arrow Café (New Orleans LA) — An example of simple branding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650727050-25LL6T8FAQ4X7YRRI5GG/Image-1-6.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Arrow (+ Roadwork) Hanover Avenue (Richmond VA) — An arrow alerting road crews to not miss this side street. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650726879-G9TTJ75JK8WXKU21SLPS/Image-1-7.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Arrow (+ Elevator) Sheraton Hotel (New Orleans LA) — Down arrow indicates the direction of the elevator, while the XX serves as a placeholder for floors not serviced by the elevator. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650728407-LTJIW1QSWDUUTXLIJVXC/Image-1-10.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Chevron (+ Bike Lane) Meadow Street (Richmond VA) — The chevron indicates the direction of bike traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650728573-64013J6E7H4FE7JRVEKY/Image-1-11.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Heart (+ White Board) Hibbs Hall, VCU (Richmond VA) — An example of my glyph-heavy boardwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650728906-4KRZXZ4JV9S3SJWKHDAD/Image-1-12.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Asterisk (+ Tumble Dryer) 6th Street SE (Washington DC) — Asterisk indicates MEDIUM DRY (i.e., just right!). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650730427-Q1ZL6I3X9IYR9RBYI7VO/Image-1-13.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Interrobang (+ Concrete) Franklin Street (Richmond VA) — A disconnected interrobang, just because. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460650731064-IU6GDQJ970W3HSH8QEC7/Image-1-14.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Pilcrow (+ Jeans) My Closet (Richmond VA) — Pilcro [sic] and the Letterpress, QED. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460651384024-PEVBE27J95I7KV6CVYAA/Image-1.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Exclamation Point (+ Bad Road) Montpellier Wine Estate (Tulbagh, South Africa) — ! means bad road ahead.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460651473306-2YJJVOE3OFXNVMINT34F/Image-1+copy+2.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Manicule (+ Box) Ellwood Thompson's (Richmond VA) — This/here is how/where you open the box. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1460651473255-Y7PF1X6S2NMVNQOV5YTD/Image-1-9.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - ¶ * ☞ ‽ ♡ ! ≫ #glyphsinthewild - Asterisk (+ Wine) Place Unknown — I can only imagine that the red asterisk refers us to what's inside the bottle. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/shakespeares-theatrical-documents monthly 0.5 2016-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1458509879244-W9IIMP5PU9PDNUUTH1JC/romeo+%26+juliet.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - 'Shakespeare's Theatrical Documents': Text ↔ Performance, &c. Detail of Romeo & Juliet (1597), STC 22322, Folger Shakespeare Library https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2016/2/15/stars-and-hearts monthly 0.5 2016-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1455654283092-X4F5Z271Y8JODL1JN5VX/asterisk.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Why I *Loved* the Star A set of asterisks in The Adventure of Five Hours (London: Henry Herringman, 1663), T3229, Folger Shakespeare Library https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2016/1/27/writing-accountability monthly 0.5 2016-01-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1453990779445-Y2KP05VPS17IZEX16O2Z/writingdeadlines.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - So, You Say You Need To Write? https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2016/1/21/typography-as-pedagogy monthly 0.5 2021-09-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1453413580518-KW078NJ3Z95O6YS0XW3O/WT.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Thoughts Towards an Essay: Typography is/as Pedagogy Here, Leontes addresses Paulina, himself, Paulina again, and finally Camillo. Dashes mark these shifts in address. (5.3.177-182 | The Winter's Tale, eds. Mowat & Werstine, Folger Shakespeare Library) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1453414372694-3HDCAGH2USXJB6H1M9HC/HAMLET1676.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Thoughts Towards an Essay: Typography is/as Pedagogy Detail of The Tragedy of Hamlet Prince of Denmark (1676), Horace Howard Furness Memorial Shakespeare Library, University of Pennsylvania, PR2807 A1 1676b. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2015/12/22/book-history-bibliography-panels-at-mla16 monthly 0.5 2016-01-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1450797157565-LFA9HXNIKCUYKTL50ADW/D2229.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - book history / bibliography / pedagogy / &c sessions at #mla16 Detail of John Dryden, ALL FOR LOVE (1678), D2229 (Copy 4), Folger Shakespeare Library. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2015/11/14/transcribathon monthly 0.5 2015-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1447710942534-PKJQZK3BYNR0N9WMFLO0/dromio.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - transcribe this! #transcribeVCU #folgerEMMO Dromio in action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1447707555519-N3PBJ8GGVOSWA78LKFG7/image-asset.jpeg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - transcribe this! #transcribeVCU #folgerEMMO One of the most popular pages at the VCU-Folger EMMO transcribathon: MS V.a.103, 38r, Folger Shakespeare Library (via LUNA) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1447711024717-WGKXNK6G4L78MJ0BC8DZ/collation.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - transcribe this! #transcribeVCU #folgerEMMO Dromio's collation feature. The black text indicates agreement among the four transcribers of this page, while the red text indicates disagreement. Notably, this page was transcribed by a Folger EMMO team member, a VCU administrator, a VCU English MA student, and a VCU undergraduate. (Thanks to Mike Poston for the screenshot.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1447711197466-LVRRK8LNAO2G6HP5NF49/transcribathon+3.JPG Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - transcribe this! #transcribeVCU #folgerEMMO Thanks to VCU Libraries for creating such beautiful posters for the transcribathon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1447711143483-BO78LVPH2DRC8S1TIJCN/transcribathon+-+woodward+1.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - transcribe this! #transcribeVCU #folgerEMMO Here I am (gesticulating enthusiastically about accessibility) at the beginning of the transcribathon. Photo by Tom Woodward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1447711143903-71HUQ0DODVKEW6NN0FOW/transcribathon+-+woodward+2.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - transcribe this! #transcribeVCU #folgerEMMO Folger Curator of Manuscripts Heather Wolfe introduces the basics of early modern paleography to a full house. Photo by Tom Woodward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1447711165627-S8FGKOZRFJEDEF1EDV3X/transcribathon+-+woodward+3.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - transcribe this! #transcribeVCU #folgerEMMO VCU Libraries' Humanities Collection Librarian Kevin Farley opens the transcribathon. 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Photo by Tom Woodward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1447711194483-WFYYUCRYPV6IKKVSJV4H/transcribathon+2.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - transcribe this! #transcribeVCU #folgerEMMO Paul Dingman demonstrates Dromio's collation tool. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2015/11/6/adopt-a-book-assignment-part-3 monthly 0.5 2015-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1446836411257-R3LQ7WQMPWA0PE0WTN0X/works.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Adopt-A-Book Assignment: PART 3 The Works of Shakespeare, personal collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1446835545380-RJAQ5HR5TU1UOY7J3GNS/martin.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Adopt-A-Book Assignment: PART 3 Bookbinder's ticket in The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, Vol. 6 (New York: Collins & Hannay, 1823), personal collection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1446833962594-Z3AMNU0GAVQKUP527ULI/image-asset.jpeg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Adopt-A-Book Assignment: PART 3 https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2015/10/22/transcribevcu monthly 0.5 2015-10-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1445548792695-A6GNWCX0K99WMQSD0G0F/v-a-103.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - TRANSCRIBATHON! #transcribeVCU #folgerEMMO Detail of V.a.103, fol. 3v, Folger Shakespeare Library. https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2015/10/17/sheets-other-supplies-for-making-q1-hamlet monthly 0.5 2016-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1445095444521-WOO2DY1TYPXURCPYYLVV/Q1+-+Hamlet+-+Pages.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Sheets & Other Supplies for Making Q1 Hamlet https://www.ofpilcrows.com/blog/2015/10/12/making-q1-hamlet monthly 0.5 2015-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1444742938621-4ID2U2TNKGVHL0I06M3F/trial-of-chivalry.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Making Q1 Hamlet: Collate, Fold, Stab, Stitch The Trial of Chivalry (1605), STC 24935a, Folger Shakespeare Library https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1444753816451-EYPSQMSP4B27EUARQ85H/Q1+-+stitching.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Making Q1 Hamlet: Collate, Fold, Stab, Stitch The groups took different approaches to stitching their quartos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1444752812620-0KMRGNZ6L0RFY0PN9CYE/Q1+-+1.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Making Q1 Hamlet: Collate, Fold, Stab, Stitch The finished quartos (with blank A1). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5207ed92e4b0f3bf53b55b13/1444751572432-EVQFXB5F5PCHAT5JDI1E/Q1-sheet.jpg Of Pilcrows: Lessons on Books & Teaching - Making Q1 Hamlet: Collate, Fold, Stab, Stitch I cut and pasted EEBO images of the Huntington's copy of Q1. 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