EMPS

The Early Modern Paleography Society // Home base: UNC Charlotte

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@JustChauncey There is no other way. It’s ceremonial at this point.

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We had over 100 people, old and new, stop by today. Thanks for hanging out and transcribing with us. We'll see you next year!

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@bre_weber It’s still on our twitter page if you’d like to watch it later... we ended up having 100 people in total! which is amazing.

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Our press and job case post-Swifting. This was an amazing demo! We're very grateful to @GFord026 for the wonderfully engaging presentation. #empsmakes

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We've signed off from the live stream, but we'll be in the VisLab until 4pm. Join us for our last 30 minutes via Twitter using the hashtag #empstranscribes.

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Our ink is a HUGE success! We're incredibly pleased! 😊 #empstranscribes #empsmakes

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we're straining our ink experiment stay tuned! #empstranscribes #empsmakes

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.... and on homemade paper made from old levi jeans. #empstranscribes #empsmakes

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The finished product! #empstranscribes #empsmakes

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@bre_weber Hope you're watching the live stream from London! We're printing Taylor Swift lyrics...

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We're printing @taylorswift13 lyrics on a 19th century Kelsey Printing Press.... because reasons. #EMPStranscribes #LookWhatYouMadeMeDo

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LIVE: a workshop using a kelsey press.. #empstranscribes https://t.co/lN6i1UaN7X

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We’re going live in a few moments!

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We’ll be going live shortly! Please stay tuned! #empstranscribes #livefromthevislab @atkinslibrary

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We'll be live broadcasting our printing press workshop around 2:30. #empstranscribes

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We’re giving a hands on intro to the Dromio interface. Lots of new faces today! #empstranscribes

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Today’s manuscript has plenty of baking recipes from 1720 that we’re keen on trying. This one is for calves foot pudding and calling for “puft paste”. Hopefully they laminated their butter properly, @BritishBakeOff. 😉

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Our ink experiment thus far! We’re crushing the gum and adding the coperis soon. These two ingredients will give it a darker color. #empstranscribes #empsmakes

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We're hard at work here in the VisLab! Please join us virtually or in person throughout the day! We're working on wb100 in the EMROC folder of Dromio.

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In addition to transcription, we'll be having a printing press workshop at 2pm using a Kelsey Excelsior Press, ink made with a recipe from ~1640 (GranvilleVA 430, 42), and homemade paper. We'll call it the EMPS version of a #throwbackthursday