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The joy of literary texts

The joy of literary texts

by Talking Humanities | Mar 5, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Archives & Libraries, Languages & Literature

Student Mark Pickett (MA History of the Book) wonders at the splendour created in historical literary texts by the then emerging technologies. The Latin root noun textus (meaning ‘texture, tissue, structure’) indicates the sheer craftsmanship that goes into making...
The University of London’s oldest printed book turns 550

The University of London’s oldest printed book turns 550

by Talking Humanities | Feb 20, 2020 | Features, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources

Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s curator of rare books and university art, examines Pablo de Santa Maria’s Scrutinium Scripturarum ([Incunabula] 64), a source material in medieval and Renaissance studies and an example of the transition from manuscript to print....
Your digital guide to Fleet Street: ‘Journeys through print’

Your digital guide to Fleet Street: ‘Journeys through print’

by Talking Humanities | Jan 10, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement

Dr Elizabeth Dearnley, a researcher at University College London and an artist specialising in audio installations, revisits the spiritual home of British journalism. London’s Fleet Street has been associated with printers and bookbinders for hundreds of years, ever...
Joyful tidings: 175 years of Christmas cards

Joyful tidings: 175 years of Christmas cards

by Talking Humanities | Dec 6, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Features, History & Classics

Dr Karen Attar, Senate House Library’s curator of rare books and university art, traces the 175-year history of the first seasonal greeting card. In 1843 Henry Cole, director of the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria and Albert Museum), devised the world’s...

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