Check out our special issue on Digital Medieval Manuscript Cultures edited by Michael Hanrahan and @BridgetWhearty. Featuring work by ASG Edwards @Ajprescott@lornamhughes@Codicologist Julia Craig-McFeely @MichelleRWarren Bay Lauris ByrneSim @laurabrarian Elizabeth Robertson.
Hi folks! Archive Journal is taking a hiatus from Twitter from 9/1/2018-2/1/2019. While you may see intermittent posts from us during this time, we won't be actively monitoring our feed. Thanks for following us and we look forward to a refreshed take on the field next year!
Hi folks! Archive Journal is taking a hiatus from Twitter from 9/1/2018-2/1/2019. While you may see intermittent posts from us during this time, we won't be actively monitoring our feed. Thanks for following us and we look forward to a refreshed take on the field next year!
We are now accepting applications for the 2018 Rare Book School scholarship and fellowship cycle! Many different scholarships available, plus the RBS-@RBMSinfo Diversity Fellowship and the Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography – https://t.co/QIV0lLLdg1 (all due 1 Nov)
The hoax piece is going back on display – ‘officially’ this time – in our #IObject exhibition highlighting the history of dissent and protest around the world.
Listen to co-curator Ian Hislop talk about this piece today at 9.00 on @BBCRadio4: https://t.co/mraXbKapD4
In 2005, #Banksy installed this ‘cave painting’ in one of our galleries without permission, and without anyone noticing. He gave it a fake ID number and label, and it remained on the wall for 3 days before the Museum was alerted to the prank via Banksy’s website!🤦♀️ #IObject
#SAAwords: sticky shed syndrome
n. ~ a form of degradation affecting magnetic tape, resulting from the deterioration of the binder and characterized by the deposit of a gummy residue on the tape heads during playback
https://t.co/mhJg1w28CU
In ancient Mesopotamia, children who were to become scribes would practice writing by impressing repeated cuneiform characters on clay. This tablet (which we call the "first day of school" tablet) depicts the single vertical wedge repeated over and over across its surface.