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"What manner o'thing is your crocodile?": January 2019
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"What manner o'thing is your crocodile?": January 2019

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The Collation

For this month’s croc post, please give us your thoughts on what’s going on in this drawing here. We’ll be back next week with the full story!

The key to removing a card catalog rod (literally)
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The key to removing a card catalog rod (literally)

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Erin Blake

Thanks for all the great guesses at the identity of the December Crocodile! In fact, the mystery object is a tool for removing the rod from a particular type of card catalog drawer (see Folgerpedia’s Card catalogs article for information…

“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: December 2018
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“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: December 2018

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The Collation

For this month’s Crocodile mystery, we ask you to identify this object: And yes, the lack of scale in the photograph is deliberate. We don’t want to make it too easy.

De Acupunctura: Willem ten Rhijne and Bringing Eastern Medicine to Europe
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De Acupunctura: Willem ten Rhijne and Bringing Eastern Medicine to Europe

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Abbie Weinberg

I am continually in awe of the depth and breadth of knowledge that our readers possess. Y’all are truly excellent. Yes, the answer to the Crocodile Mystery is, as several people answered, a chart of the acupuncture points on the…

“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: November 2018
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“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: November 2018

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The Collation

As October draws to a close, we bring you a new Crocodile Mystery. (If you’re new around these parts and totally confused as to why we refer to our monthly mystery post as a “Crocodile”, this post will explain it.)…

“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: October 2018
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“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: October 2018

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The Collation

For this month’s mystery, we’d like your thoughts on this image: what’s going on here with the design appearing in different spots on these two books? What is it, what does it mean, why might it appear here? Share your…

“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: September 2018
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“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: September 2018

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The Collation

For this month’s mystery, we have a pretty straight-forward question: Who is this woman? Leave your guesses in the comments below, and we’ll be back next week with more information!

“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: August 2018
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“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: August 2018

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The Collation

This month’s Crocodile Mystery is about an inventory of typefaces found in a printshop. Can anyone guess in what type of printing business they would have been used? As always, leave your guesses and thoughts in the comments below, and…

"What manner o'thing is your crocodile?": July 2018
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"What manner o'thing is your crocodile?": July 2018

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The Collation

This month’s Crocodile Mystery is a group affair. Share your thoughts on what these items have in common in the comments section! (Answers of “on paper” or “beige,” although true, don’t count).

"What manner o’thing is your crocodile?": June 2018
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"What manner o’thing is your crocodile?": June 2018

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The Collation

This month’s Crocodile Mystery illustrates a scene from Shakespeare, but seems more suited to Sir John Suckling: “Why so pale and wan fond lover?” Share your thoughts on why it looks the way it does by leaving a reply in…

“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: May 2018
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“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?”: May 2018

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The Collation

For this month’s mystery, take a look at the image below and tell us, if you will, what this glyph is and what it’s doing on our collection? Leave your guesses in the comments and we’ll be back next week…

Drawing for photographic reproduction
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Drawing for photographic reproduction

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Erin Blake

This month’s crocodile mystery asked what’s going on with the odd-looking painting technique in an original work of art, shown in a detail. Here’s a view of the whole thing: Charles Sheldon, “Ellen Terry as Hermione in ‘The Winter’s Tale’…

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