Currently cataloging an Estonian manuscript from 1532. It’s a confirmation by Pope Clement VII of a bishop of Oesel (which has various spellings, it seems). The manuscript itself is pretty ordinary, just going through normal bureaucracy (with one mention of the “rebelles” – Protestants).
What’s fantastic about this is a later annotation in another hand:
Clemens inferni [...]
Posts Tagged ‘curiosities’
Annotated Schisms
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosities, Latin, manuscripts on November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Philly Storage Solutions, pt. 2
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosities, Drexel, libraries, philly on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The same week as my visit to the HDS, I went along with a Drexel section of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) to get a tour of the inner workings of the Philadelphia City Archives.
As it turns out, the City Archives are located in the same building as the HDS, but we went in through [...]
Philly Storage Solutions, pt. 1
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adventures, curiosities, Drexel, libraries, philly, pictures on November 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I got the chance to go see the library’s high density storage (HDS) warehouse. It sort of felt as if I were being inducted into some kind of secret society. We entered the ware house through an unlabelled lobby, signing in with a guard, going down a few levels in an elevator, [...]
My New Mascot
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosities, nothing to do with libraries, philly, pictures on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since I’ve only just moved to Philly, I haven’t really cleaved to my new local baseball team, the Philadelphia Phillies. I only just became a semi-avid fan of my adopted team, the Mets, a year ago, and as a New Englander, I can’t help but love the Red Sox, although I’m not really a baseball [...]
Saturday Baking
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged culinary adventures, curiosities, philly, pictures on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For some unknown reason, I bought sweet potatoes two weeks ago and forgot about them until last night. So I made mashed sweet potatoes. And still had a large tupperware-full left. So today…
I made some surprisingly delicious sweet potato muffins with raisins (the roommate put brie on them and found them highly worthy).
Books about Books
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged books, curiosities, recommendations on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Also in my research, I’ve come across some unrelated, fantastic works that really deserve a mention on their own:
The Bibliographical Decameron; or, Ten Days Pleasant Discourse upon Illuminated Manuscripts and Subjects Connected with Early Engraving, Typography, and Bibliography, by the Rev. T.F. Dibdin, 1817. It’s a BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ROMANCE! You can tell it’s awesome just from [...]
Rittenhouse Unmasked!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosities, discoveries, philly on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Rittenhouse Twitter has been unmasked as Daniel Delaney (who?)! But, he is graciously handing over authorship to a new anonymous anthropomorphizaton of Rittenhouse Square, so it looks like things will continue much the same.
Short Tour of Philly
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Add new tag, curiosities, philly, pictures on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A normal day for me in Philly generally involves seeing some oddities… I’ve started bringing around my camera, in order to capture a few of these to share with you, dear readers.
New Food Sensations?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged apartment, culinary adventures, curiosities, discoveries, omg wtf roommate?, philly, silliness on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
During a recent politeness-scrimmage over who would have the last Oreo, my roommate shocked me in a way I never expected….
Smearing brie defiantly over the oreo, she shoved it into her mouth and said it was delicious! Then she put even more brie on it!!! Truly scandalous!
Alicia in Terra Mirabilis
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged curiosities, libraries, philly on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have never felt as if I were in a Lewis Carroll novel so much as I do in the stacks of my workplace library. As I am always forgetting to bring a camera here, a verbal description will have to suffice. The building is about as long as a city block, and when you [...]
