So I'll just leave you with this picture of something that I was working with the other day in the archive. A scroll? Really? I now have lots of sympathy for all those folks who work in the rolls series...
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Seminar Begins Tomorrow...
...and I've been enjoying my role as helper/guide/ZOMG where do I buy a colander on a Sunday? answer-person for the new arrivals in Blarg City. And the accommodations are just ducky. And there's likely more to say, but I'd like to get to bed at a decent hour, since tomorrow is our first day.
So I'll just leave you with this picture of something that I was working with the other day in the archive. A scroll? Really? I now have lots of sympathy for all those folks who work in the rolls series...
So I'll just leave you with this picture of something that I was working with the other day in the archive. A scroll? Really? I now have lots of sympathy for all those folks who work in the rolls series...
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When I imagine you in the archive, itte's all like some Borges story and there's strange characters around and strange shitte going on in dark corners.
In the UK National Archives, they have these stands where you can put the really long rolls while you stand and read. I've never worked on those, but did once try to read a set of court records where each page was about a yard long, 6 inches wide, and they were connected at the top. So you had to read from both directions.
Doing that made me think I might be a scholar!
CPP says what I imagine, too. But a scroll--how cool is that?
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