Material Texts

The Material Texts Network, Birkbeck

[Dennis Duncan @djbduncan]

A black page for Laurence Sterne, who died 250 years ago today.

[Dennis Duncan @djbduncan]

This is a terrific bit of myth busting about paper in the C16 & C17: https://t.co/vU39Ir8rHa

[Tincture Of Museum @TinctureOfMuse]

First time I have seen a graphic representation of an object currently removed for study 👏 #JosephHotungGallery @britishmuseum

[Material Texts @MaterialTexts]

@martin_eve Ah!

[Material Texts @MaterialTexts]

Google tells me there are nearly 130 million books ever published. Somehow I thought there'd be more. I wonder if that's just print? Maybe it's wrong. What do you think?

[Emily Steiner @PiersatPenn]

Wordplay

@britishlibrary Additional 21160 #medievaltwitter

[Dennis Duncan @djbduncan]

Handy comparison of different coloured wee. From the fantastic 'Designing English' exhibition at @bodleianlibs. Top work @DanielWakelin1! https://t.co/PJjDg5PbY6

[Untold Lives @UntoldLives]

One of many volumes in India Office Records containing a total of 60,000 signatures protesting against the partition of Bengal in 1905.
https://t.co/0SGGks25LZ

[Dennis Duncan @djbduncan]

Material Texters! Check out this @LRB review by @roguepages of the 'Art of Reading' show at @MuseumMeermanno in The Hague: https://t.co/3Kk5ZEQipH

[Pilgrim Libraries @PilgrimsLibrary]

A new blog post by Sebastian Sobecki, @SebSobecki @univgroningen, "Saewulf’s Lost Arabic Map", is availbale at https://t.co/ZjTemsVeBl

[The Warburg Library @Warburg_Library]

Some manuscript waste covers from our collection.
When a book was no longer relevant, usable, or legible, its leaves could be re-used in bindings, which allowed to save money on materials (and made for some beautiful covers!)

[Francois Soyer @FJSoyer]

FYI. #medievaltwitter. Les manuscrits du Mont-Saint-Michel accessible sur Internet https://t.co/3b65bmudHJ

[Pilgrim Libraries @PilgrimsLibrary]

15-min BBC History podcast. Neil MacGregor on the history & practice of Christian, Islamic & Buddhist pilgrimage https://t.co/XNEeetB7le

[Emily Steiner @PiersatPenn]

Ladies' night

(Watriquet de Couvin 1325)

[Material Texts @MaterialTexts]

@Nicktroptopolis @britishmuseum There's a discussion in Brian Cumming's book 'Grammar and Grace'. That'll give you a beginning bibliography.

[Material Texts @MaterialTexts]

@Nicktroptopolis @britishmuseum Yes

[Dennis Duncan @djbduncan]

Read Great Expectations in its original weekly instalments and join in the weekly twitter discussion. These realtime readalongs are ace! https://t.co/j252o0V9oA