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October 6th, 2015
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This summer, I worked as a Research Associate on the pilot project, ‘Recovering the Lost Library of John Milton’, which was generously funded by the Cambridge Humanities Research Grants Scheme. Th...
Tongues in stones.Hunger Stone : The recent droughts in Europe once again made visible the "Hunger Stones" in some Czech and German rivers. These stones were used to mark desperately low river levels that would forecast famines.![]()
This one, in the Elbe river, is from 1616 and says: "If you see me, cry"
www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/jun/09/shakespeare-first-folio-copy-estimated-to-fetch-25m-in-ne...
Shakespeare First Folio copy estimated to fetch $2.5m in New York auction
www.theguardian.com
Book printed 400 years ago is one of fewer than 20 copies in private hands
History of Material Texts seminar today!![]()
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Thursday 5 May, 5 pm, Board Room, Faculty of English ![]()
Stephen Whiteman (Courtauld Institute)![]()
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“Books for Princesses and Khans: The Diffuse History of Imperial poems on the Mountain Estate to Escape the Heat”![]()
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All welcome. We’ll stream the seminar on Teams—email jes1003 if you would like an invitation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/02/rare-wicked-bible-that-encourages-adultery-discovered-in-ne...
Rare ‘Wicked’ bible that encourages adultery discovered in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
First copy of the 1631 bible, which mistakenly reads ‘thou shalt commit adultery’, to be found in the southern hemisphere