Shakespeare's World

Early modern manuscript transcription project brought to you by the Folger Shakespeare Library, Zooniverse and the Oxford English Dictionary.

[RCP museum @RCPmuseum]

Great speakers today for the Transcribathon!
Want to know more about the day & the recipe books? 👉https://t.co/gK0dPrtW03
includes videos about RCP MS504 on authorship, health & beauty recipes plus the recreation of a lip salve in @ExploreWellcome's MS4054.

@EMRecipesOnline

[Elaine Leong @HistoryElaine]

Fancy learning more about #earlymodern beauty recipes? Join @EMRecipesOnline's annual transcribathon on Friday to learn more about the @ExploreWellcome manuscript below and a fabulous Rx book from @RCPmuseum. Details: https://t.co/8g9o8doyrA. #histmed #histsci @UCLHistory

[EMROC @EMRecipesOnline]

Nearly time for... our annual virtual transcribathon! Please join us along with @RCPmuseum @ExploreWellcome. This year, the theme is beauty recipes! Details on joining here: https://t.co/XvTHh90NgL

[Folger Shakespeare Library @FolgerLibrary]

The First Folio hit bookstores 400 years ago this month. But what *is* a First Folio anyway? Find out: https://t.co/at38MzO74t. #Folio400

[Folger Research @FolgerResearch]

Like ingredients in a witch’s cauldron, #FolgerFellow Alexander D’Agostino (@_Glitterwitch_) combines images of rare materials from digital collections and congeals them through artistic practice to emerge as artwork. #FellowsFriday

[The OED @OED]

🎉 ICYMI: The OED has just been updated! The September update includes more than 1,000 new and revised words, phrases, and senses, such as 'spidey sense', 'freshers’ flu', and 'final frontier'.

Discover more: https://t.co/stu1kuaieq

[Marsh's Library @MarshsLibrary]

#manicules were used by readers to mark an important section in manuscripts and printed books. This one in a volume printed in 1497 is very accomplished & looks like it may also be blessing the page! #ManiculeMonday #MondayMarginalia

[Folger Shakespeare Library @FolgerLibrary]

We’re going on a snipe hunt! Folger Artistic Research Fellow Missy Dunaway writes about (and paints!) snipes in Shakespeare. https://t.co/ujPGgGDpJ3

[Folger Shakespeare Library @FolgerLibrary]

On a new podcast episode, Katherine Rundell, author of "Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne," takes us through Donne's evolution from hotshot poet to penniless prisoner to rock star preacher. https://t.co/9bVvOt6OQz

[The OED @OED]

On #WorldLetterWritingDay, we’re sharing the OED entry for epistolization: ‘the writing of letters.' ✉️✍️

OED's earliest evidence for epistolization is from 1803, in the writing of Robert Southey, poet and reviewer.

Check out the full entry here: https://t.co/12fKAWniVS

[Folger Shakespeare Library @FolgerLibrary]

Did Shakespeare know how to swim? On a new podcast episode, we ask scholar (and dedicated open water swimmer) Steve Mentz (@stevermentz) about Shakespeare and the sea. https://t.co/LDP23jglWu

[The OED @OED]

OED #WordoftheDay: pettle, v.2 To spend time on unimportant, trifling matters, to trifle.

View the full entry, here: https://t.co/BK2Dl39eX6

[Folger Shakespeare Library @FolgerLibrary]

The Folger is postponing its reopening until 2024. Learn more at https://t.co/Oxg5v2ay7s

[The OED @OED]

OED #WordoftheDay: maizel, v. In the north of England: to become dazed or bewildered; to wander, esp. confusedly.

View the full entry, here: https://t.co/tGnLkYGFWH

[Marsh's Library @MarshsLibrary]

Wondering how the #blackberries are this year after all the rain. Brambles helpfully identified by an early reader in this 17th century herbal.

[The OED @OED]

Our #GuesstheWord game is back!🧩

Your clue for this month is: 'an aperture or loophole for observation, esp. in a wall.' Here are two more clues: the word is a borrowing from French and OED’s earliest evidence is from 1333. Good luck!🍀

[Folger Shakespeare Library @FolgerLibrary]

67 new poems in "Anne-thology" honor Anne Hathaway's legacy 400 years after her death. Enjoy four of them: https://t.co/jxe1qsOKJI

[The OED @OED]

OED #WordoftheDay: rabbit's foot, n. The foot of a rabbit carried or held as a good-luck charm. Also in extended use: a person or thing thought to bring good luck.

View the full entry, here: https://t.co/XBYWTBLodq

[Folger Shakespeare Library @FolgerLibrary]

This weekend marks the 400th anniversary of Anne Hathaway's death. A new "Anne-thology" of poetry memorializes her. Read an excerpt from its introduction by Katherine West Scheil. https://t.co/uMlaUatpdP