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before 18c, Mr also means "master," not "mister" | before 18c, Mr also means "master," not "mister" | ||
"stigma of print" -- James I published 2 volumes of poetry during his reign; counters Saunders' thesis; popular poem on Ann's death is anthologized often (see Folger MS V.a.162, fol. 33v) | "stigma of print" -- James I published 2 volumes of poetry during his reign; counters Saunders' thesis; popular poem on Ann's death is anthologized often (see Folger MS V.a.162, fol. 33v; MS V.a.103, fol.3r) | ||
Joshua Eckhart, ''Manuscript Verse Collectors'' -- argues poems are organized intentionally | Joshua Eckhart, ''Manuscript Verse Collectors'' -- argues poems are organized intentionally | ||
most anthologies seem to be formed chronologically, though | most anthologies seem to be formed chronologically, though | ||
Lancashire Record Office -- household book called "the Hodgepodge"; Alison Shell | |||
Revision as of 19:54, 26 October 2012
Introduction to Early Modern Paleography, Folger Institute / Taught by Heather Wolfe / Fall 2012
letters -- silk floss -- most intimate/personal; finer paper bc of folding; italic hand
paper seal -- letters that are more secure; you can see if they've been intercepted by matching paper seal --> dispatch slit
tuck and seal -- least personal
sew letters shut
Glasgow, online edition of Bess of Hardwick -- sewing holes in her letters --> Portrait of C Huygens
paper not as expensive as often thought
John Spillman, license to make white letter paper at end of c16
Elizabethan/Jacobean period -- paper mostly from France through Dutch traders
Peter Beal, Dictionary of Manuscript Terminology
commonplace book: manuscript set up in advance under different commonplace headings; don't call miscellanies commonplace books
if not organized under headings, either miscellany or anthology (interchangeable terms, though Marotti tries to distinguish them)
Julia Boffey, 15c manuscript -- calls it a "household book"; based on domestic situation
literary commonplace books are very rare; V.a.103 is one
later in 17c, term was being used for non-commonplace books; causes confusion
student commonplace books: Erasmus, Ascham, all recommend keeping one; but perhaps no single surviving Renaissance student commonplace books
heraldic anthologies -- common
album amicorum -- lots in Edgerton manuscripts at British Library
poetic anthology -- queen of the miscellanies
almost all scribes had 2 fonts -- running hand and italic hand
wider formal letters -- engrossing
tilde -- usually for 'm' or 'n'
before 18c, Mr also means "master," not "mister"
"stigma of print" -- James I published 2 volumes of poetry during his reign; counters Saunders' thesis; popular poem on Ann's death is anthologized often (see Folger MS V.a.162, fol. 33v; MS V.a.103, fol.3r)
Joshua Eckhart, Manuscript Verse Collectors -- argues poems are organized intentionally
most anthologies seem to be formed chronologically, though
Lancashire Record Office -- household book called "the Hodgepodge"; Alison Shell