Queer. Feminist. Medievalist. she/they. Author: Digital Codicology. Co-PI: โAlways Here: a Queer+Trans Global Medieval Sourcebook.' Coiner of the #CaswellTest.
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Digital Codicology's price in hardcover is steep ($80)
I'm sorry about that, and wish there were a cheaper paperback available! (Maybe in a few years, if sales are strong enough?)
In the meantime, you can get 20% off ($64) when you buy from SUP & use my author code: WHEARTY20
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RT @BLMedieval: Something very, very exciting is happening @britishlibrary
Medieval Women: In Their Own Words, our new major exhibition,โฆ
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My book All Boys Arenโt Blue has had 7 criminal charges, and is virtually banned in all high school libraries in Texas, Florida, Georgia and Iowa (where an educator can go to jail for a year with a 1500 fine to give it to a โminorโ)
Fight for the right to read
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This article is about massive flight delays in Europe. But itโs definitely applicable to the US.
Recommended reading if you, like me, are currently sitting on the runway because (as the pilot is saying) understaffing in American air traffic control means your plane canโt launch
Air traffic control issues risk disrupting summer travel, warn airlines ift.tt/5YzDjKw
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Bridget Whearty ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Tell them you have important codicological questions and/or need to recheck the collation. It wonโt be a lie!
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Bridget Whearty ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Indeed - sometimes digital images are easier to read than originals (though I remember facsimiles of microfiche ... eek!). It's having both available that counts.
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Bridget Whearty ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Materiality - letterlocking, water damage, uninked writing, seal quality, digital flattening ... the list goes on ... it's not just about bookfondling (though that is part of it ...)
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Bridget Whearty ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Would suggest you need to examine the paper stock, ink qualities etc? Clues to watermarks?
Iโll never forget my tactile connection with the past when unfolding a pack of previously unread ordination papers & letters. Had to surreptitiously dab my eyes! ๐ฅฒ๐
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Bridget Whearty ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
A reminder to any undergraduate/graduate students focused on disability studies or disability history: I'm happy to look over your grad school apps, do informational interviews, or look at grant/fellowship materials. 1/
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Bridget Whearty ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
You need to engage with the materiality-texture, watermarks, inclusions, page dirt, co-binding, damageโฆdigital imagery doesnโt serve any of these queries. And IKWYM-โWhy do you need to see THIS copy of the Nuremberg Chronicle?โ. I get the preservation instinct, but yeesh.
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Bridget Whearty ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
would love to read a collection of people's 'how it moves / feels / I just want to touch this thing / mystical reasons I can barely articulate / aura desire materiality' justifications
like a long prose poem, w glimpses of gold & parchment & binding & ink flickering in and out
Itโs funny to have written a wholeass book about digitization โ and be asked โcanโt you just use the digital objectโ and be like โwellโฆ maybe? But I also just want to touch this thing ๐คท๐ป because mystical reasons I can barely articulate? Because aura, desire, materiality?โ
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Bridget Whearty ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Quires. I've never been denied access. One curator once told me they'd do it for me, I politely refused and brought my case forward abt why one doing it oneself is crucial.
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Bridget Whearty ๐ณ๏ธโ๐ retweeted
Anything interesting going on with the binding, obviously.
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