Transcription Night

Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) is sponsoring a Transcription Night at The Big Board upstairs on Tuesday, May 19th from 5:30-8:30 pm.

Transcription Night Flyer

Come try your eyes at reading/transcribing some fun sixteenth and seventeenth manuscripts from the Folger Shakespeare Library's extensive collection.

Teams will compete for the golden quill and other prizes as they transcribe a variety of manuscript pages:

Recipes to recover from too much celebrating

Ghost stories to be sung

Bawdy poetry

Drinking songs

and more

Staff from the EMMO Project will be on hand to introduce you quickly to the art of paleography, the study of archaic handwriting, and get you started with a transcription. Easy-to-use online tools provided; no experience required.

Light snacks and refreshments will be provided; additional food and drink will be available from The Big Board's menu for purchase. The Big Board is just a short walk up 4th Street from the Folger Shakespeare Library (or, just under a mile from Union Station and Noma/Gallaudet University metro stations). If you like word puzzles and history (and refreshments), you should consider stopping by!

Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) is an IMLS-funded project that will provide scholars and the general public with free, convenient access to a searchable database of transcriptions.

The next Transcription night will be on December 15th at the Big Board, 5.30 - 7.30pm.