Queer. Feminist. Medievalist. she/they. Author: Digital Codicology. Co-PI: ‘Always Here: a Queer+Trans Global Medieval Sourcebook.' Coiner of the #CaswellTest.
Digital Codicology's price in hardcover is steep ($80)
I'm sorry about that, and wish there were a cheaper paperback available! (Maybe in a few years, if sales are strong enough?)
In the meantime, you can get 20% off ($64) when you buy from SUP & use my author code: WHEARTY20
Something very, very exciting is happening @britishlibrary
Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, our new major exhibition, opens on 25 October
Get your tickets now, they're cheaper than #Oasis and more chance of encountering Margery Kempe 😉
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My book All Boys Aren’t Blue has had 7 criminal charges, and is virtually banned in all high school libraries in Texas, Florida, Georgia and Iowa (where an educator can go to jail for a year with a 1500 fine to give it to a “minor”)
Fight for the right to read
This article is about massive flight delays in Europe. But it’s definitely applicable to the US.
Recommended reading if you, like me, are currently sitting on the runway because (as the pilot is saying) understaffing in American air traffic control means your plane can’t launch
Got my first ‘that’s a very important manuscript, please make a detailed case for why you need to work with it and not the digital copy’ email back
And it’s throwing me for a loop!
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@cemhend You’re right… but isn’t it funny how quickly we can forget our own good reasons in the face of even minor and totally reasonable questioning?!
@pykelets @malcolmjnoble Reading was interrupted by tornado warning, but I finished it up after — and it’s absolutely glorious!
Definitely useful for my research, and will play a central role in a new grad course I’m creating for spring
@BridgetWhearty@GabbyStorey Indeed - sometimes digital images are easier to read than originals (though I remember facsimiles of microfiche ... eek!). It's having both available that counts.
@elegantfowl@GabbyStorey Yes, precisely! They’re different objects with different accordances. They each make different things more or less visible. They are not precise surrogates or replacements.
@BridgetWhearty@GabbyStorey Materiality - letterlocking, water damage, uninked writing, seal quality, digital flattening ... the list goes on ... it's not just about bookfondling (though that is part of it ...)
@elegantfowl@GabbyStorey Yes to damage and uninked writing!
Re digital flattening, absolutely true. I think there’s something to be said about the kindle-ization of rare books and mss—but in some good as well as bad materiality-flattening ways.
@heathertweed@GabbyStorey Mmm, it’s parchment — so no watermarks. But the quality and thickness/pliableness is definitely part of what I’m curious about. And the ink quality is key!
(I hear you about surreptitious eye-dabbing!)
@BridgetWhearty@GabbyStorey Would suggest you need to examine the paper stock, ink qualities etc? Clues to watermarks?
I’ll never forget my tactile connection with the past when unfolding a pack of previously unread ordination papers & letters. Had to surreptitiously dab my eyes! 🥲😃