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Manuscripts in the Folger collections
An Italian Naturalist in England
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An Italian Naturalist in England

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Caroline Duroselle-Melish
Condicions agreed vppon: a 17th century Polish-Turkish treaty
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Condicions agreed vppon: a 17th century Polish-Turkish treaty

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Carrol Benner Kindel

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.…

The Fairy King’s Grimoire
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The Fairy King’s Grimoire

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Alexander D’Agostino

A guest post by Alexander D’Agostino I am an artist working with queer histories and images, through performance and visual art. During my Artist Research Fellowship with the Folger, I am creating The Fairy King’s Grimoire: a reimagining of the…

Folger manuscripts out and about: a field trip to Penn!
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Folger manuscripts out and about: a field trip to Penn!

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The Collation

During the Folger’s building renovation, we have been fortunate to be able to send a selection of twenty-nine pre-modern manuscripts up to the University of Pennsylvania Libraries’ Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts in Philadelphia. This exciting…

My True Meaning: emotions in seventeenth-century wills
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My True Meaning: emotions in seventeenth-century wills

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Elizabeth DeBold

Anyone who has read early modern wills, whether in an attempt to confirm the names of family members or out of interest in material history, knows that they are full of emotion. Dying men and women describe their family members…

Printed Pamphlets for the Witch of Wapping
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Printed Pamphlets for the Witch of Wapping

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Elizabeth DeBold

During September of last year, while browsing digital resources in the London Metropolitan Archives, a familiar name caught my eye. It was a 1652 indictment from the Middlesex quarter sessions, which tried criminal cases, where a woman named Joan Peterson…

Slurrop! An ode to soup
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Slurrop! An ode to soup

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Elizabeth DeBold

In 1595, English writer William Fiston (or Phiston) produced a translation of a French book of manners for children. Topics included proper behavior that was important for Church and school, but also a section on table manners. Here, Fiston admonishes…

George Goodwin, neo-Latin poet, identified as George Goodwin, rector of Moreton, Essex
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George Goodwin, neo-Latin poet, identified as George Goodwin, rector of Moreton, Essex

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Erin Blake

Today’s Collation post is short and sweet, and courtesy of Heather Wolfe, the Folger’s Curator of Manuscripts. Heather is currently on sabbatical in the UK, having been awarded the 2021–22 Munby Fellowship at Cambridge University Library, but she still occasionally…

Recipe Books, Plague Cures and the Circulation of Information
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Recipe Books, Plague Cures and the Circulation of Information

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Yann Ryan

a guest post by Yann Ryan As well as its terrible consequences for health and mortality, plague in early modern England had a major impact on the communication and circulation of information. Movement was restricted, towns with suspected cases were…

The book thief
page of Elizabeth Parris's deposition
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The book thief

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Heather Wolfe

Response of James Tabor, public notary, July 10, 1604, in Henry Cotton vs. William Windle. Cambridge University Archives, Comm.Ct.II.11, fol. 57v. Today’s post is about a woman, Margaret Cotton, who allegedly stole a book in 1602. The book might have…

The mystery of Humphrey Walcot’s grocery bill and early-modern popular numeracy
detail of 17th century handwrittne document showing roman and arabic numerals
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The mystery of Humphrey Walcot’s grocery bill and early-modern popular numeracy

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Ray Schrire

a guest post by Ray Schrire It is time for an unofficial Crocodile Mystery. Humphrey Walcot’s grocery bill. Folger, L.f.196 These are a few of my favorite items from the merchant Humphrey Walcot’s shopping list of May 8, 1601 (a…

Small Latin and Less Greek
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Small Latin and Less Greek

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Abbie Weinberg

with many thanks to Sara Schliep, Bob Tallaksen, Emily Wahl, Nicole Winard, and Heather Wolfe for their generous and careful assistance with this post. They are just a few of the folks who have been working on this project. Thank…

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