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===Dec. 2===
===Dec. 2===
Quick review of alphabet then a look at some interesting letters from the following manuscript:<br/>
Quick review of alphabet then a look at some interesting letters from the following manuscript:<br/>
:X.c.61 - [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=128832 Papers of the Rattray family of Craighall] &rArr; [[Papers of the Rattray family of Craighall, 1593-1699 X.c.61 | Transcriptions]]<br/>
:X.c.61 [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=128832 Papers of the Rattray family of Craighall] &rArr; [[Papers of the Rattray family of Craighall, 1593–1699 X.c.61 | Transcriptions]]<br/>
::Transcriptions of specific letters completed by this group:
::Transcriptions of specific letters completed by this group:
:::*X.c.61 (119) - Letter from John Ogilvy of Balfour to James Rattray of Craighall, … 1674 September 9 &rArr; [http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Papers_of_the_Rattray_family_of_Craighall,_1593-1699_X.c.61#119:_Letter_from_John_Ogilvy_of_Balfour_to_James_Rattray_of_Craighall.2C_.E2.80.A6_1674_September_9 Transcription]
:::*X.c.61 (119) Letter from John Ogilvy of Balfour to James Rattray of Craighall, … 1674 September 9 &rArr; [http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Papers_of_the_Rattray_family_of_Craighall,_1593-1699_X.c.61#119:_Letter_from_John_Ogilvy_of_Balfour_to_James_Rattray_of_Craighall.2C_.E2.80.A6_1674_September_9 Transcription]
:::*X.c.61 (137) - Letter from John Ogilvy of Balfour to James Rattray of Craighall 1677 April &rArr;[http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Papers_of_the_Rattray_family_of_Craighall,_1593-1699_X.c.61#137:_Letter_from_John_Ogilvy_of_Balfour_to_James_Rattray_of_Craighall_1677_April Transcription]
:::*X.c.61 (137) Letter from John Ogilvy of Balfour to James Rattray of Craighall 1677 April &rArr;[http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Papers_of_the_Rattray_family_of_Craighall,_1593-1699_X.c.61#137:_Letter_from_John_Ogilvy_of_Balfour_to_James_Rattray_of_Craighall_1677_April Transcription]


===Dec. 16===
===Dec. 16===
Further examination of secretary hand and review of alphabet before working with a volume of a poetical miscellany:  
Further examination of secretary hand and review of alphabet before working with a volume of a poetical miscellany:  
:V.a.245 - [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=220253 Poetical miscellany (manuscript)]&rArr; [[Poetical miscellany circa 1640 V.a.245 | Transcriptions]]
:V.a.245 [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=220253 Poetical miscellany (manuscript)]&rArr; [[Poetical miscellany circa 1640 V.a.245 | Transcriptions]]


===Dec. 30===
===Dec. 30===
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::Transcriptions of specific letters completed by this group:
::Transcriptions of specific letters completed by this group:
:::L.a.156 - Letter from Walter Bagot to an unnamed knight &rArr; [http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Papers_of_the_Bagot_family_of_Blithfield,_Staffordshire,_1428-1671_(bulk_1557-1671)_L.a.1-1076#156:_Letter_from_Walter_Bagot_to_an_unnamed_knight Transcription]
:::L.a.156 Letter from Walter Bagot to an unnamed knight &rArr; [http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Papers_of_the_Bagot_family_of_Blithfield,_Staffordshire,_1428-1671_(bulk_1557-1671)_L.a.1-1076#156:_Letter_from_Walter_Bagot_to_an_unnamed_knight Transcription]
:::L.a.176 - Letter from William Bagot (Walter's son), Oxford, to Walter Bagot, 1619 November 7 &rArr; [http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Papers_of_the_Bagot_family_of_Blithfield,_Staffordshire,_1428-1671_(bulk_1557-1671)_L.a.1-1076#176:_Letter_from_William_Bagot_.28Walter.27s_son.29.2C_Oxford.2C_to_Walter_Bagot.2C_1619_November_7 Transcription]
:::L.a.176 Letter from William Bagot (Walter's son), Oxford, to Walter Bagot, 1619 November 7 &rArr; [http://folgerpedia.folger.edu/Papers_of_the_Bagot_family_of_Blithfield,_Staffordshire,_1428-1671_(bulk_1557-1671)_L.a.1-1076#176:_Letter_from_William_Bagot_.28Walter.27s_son.29.2C_Oxford.2C_to_Walter_Bagot.2C_1619_November_7 Transcription]


===Jan. 13===
===Jan. 13===
Introduction to Dromio, the Folger's online transcription/collation tool, and semi-diplomatic conventions and then a chance to practice both transcribing and encoding secretary hand with some poetry from a volume of poetical miscellany:
Introduction to Dromio, the Folger's online transcription/collation tool, and semi-diplomatic conventions and then a chance to practice both transcribing and encoding secretary hand with some poetry from a volume of poetical miscellany:


:V.a.245 - [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=220253 Poetical miscellany (manuscript)]&rArr; [[Poetical miscellany circa 1640 V.a.245 | Transcriptions]]
:V.a.245 [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=220253 Poetical miscellany (manuscript)]&rArr; [[Poetical miscellany circa 1640 V.a.245 | Transcriptions]]


===Jan. 27===
===Jan. 27===
A quick refresher on the use of Dromio and conventions of semi-diplomatic transcription, and then practice transcribing a mixed secretary/italic hand with a newsletter about some maritime matters: L.c.2102 - [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=245155 Newdigate family collection of newsletters].
A quick refresher on the use of Dromio and conventions of semi-diplomatic transcription, and then practice transcribing a mixed secretary/italic hand with a newsletter about some maritime matters: L.c.2102 [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=245155 Newdigate family collection of newsletters].


===Feb. 10===
===Feb. 10===
An introduction into the way numbers were written in manuscripts of the time, and then an opportunity to transcribe some interesting lists of items (with numbers) in V.b.147 - [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=230576 Inventories of the Townshend family].
An introduction into the way numbers were written in manuscripts of the time, and then an opportunity to transcribe some interesting lists of items (with numbers) in V.b.147 [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=230576 Inventories of the Townshend family].


===Feb. 24===
===Feb. 24===
An educational experience with quill pens, iron gall ink, and rag paper followed by a turn at transcribing an early modern recipe for black ink from in V.a.159 - [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=228015 A Miscellany] (sometimes known as Giles Lodge's Lute-Book).
An educational experience with quill pens, iron gall ink, and rag paper followed by a turn at transcribing an early modern recipe for black ink from in V.a.159 [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=228015 A Miscellany] (sometimes known as Giles Lodge's Lute-Book).


===Mar. 10===
===Mar. 10===
A quick review of numbers and then a more specific look at how numbers are used in references to money in early modern manuscripts. Several examples of amounts will be shown in snippets from L.d.101-775 - [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=110545 Bacon-Townshend collection] and L.b.1-712 [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=244741 Loseley collection].
A quick review of numbers and then a more specific look at how numbers are used in references to money in early modern manuscripts. Several examples of amounts will be shown in snippets from L.d.101–775 – [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=110545 Bacon-Townshend collection] and L.b.1–712 [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=244741 Loseley collection].


===Upcoming Sessions===
===Upcoming Sessions===

Revision as of 19:20, 14 March 2015

Practical Paleography is an informal series of paleography sessions meeting every two weeks from November 2014 through March 2015; these sessions are sponsored by Early Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO) for the staff and readers of the Folger Shakespeare Library. Each session will focus on transcription and mark-up (i.e., XML encoding) of a few 16th and/or 17th century manuscript pages from the Folger collection – announcements with information about particular manuscripts to be transcribed will appear a week or so before each session.

No experience or registration is required, and you can attend as many or as few sessions as you like. Short handouts will be provided, and full transcriptions of the manuscripts we examine will appear here on this Folgerpedia page a week or so following the session. You may want to bring a laptop to try your own transcriptions or take notes.

We are particularly eager to work on manuscripts suggested by participating staff and readers. If you have a manuscript page or two that you would like to have the group examine, please contact Heather Wolfe and/or Paul Dingman in advance of the session(s) you’d like to attend.

This initial series of Practical Paleography will run every other Tuesday from November 18 until March 24 (10 meetings) in the Board Room, 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM, right after tea. See manuscript details about individual sessions below, and check back for more information (and full transcriptions) as Practical Paleography progresses. Here's a link to some introductory pages on the early modern alphabet and common abbreviations: Alphabet Book.

Nov. 18

Brief introduction to secretary hand and common abbreviations. Intriguing recipes from the following manuscript collections:

V.a.430 – Cookery and medicinal recipes of the Granville family Transcriptions
V.b.301 – Cookbook of Grace Blome Transcriptions

Dec. 2

Quick review of alphabet then a look at some interesting letters from the following manuscript:

X.c.61 – Papers of the Rattray family of Craighall Transcriptions
Transcriptions of specific letters completed by this group:
  • X.c.61 (119) – Letter from John Ogilvy of Balfour to James Rattray of Craighall, … 1674 September 9 ⇒ Transcription
  • X.c.61 (137) – Letter from John Ogilvy of Balfour to James Rattray of Craighall 1677 April ⇒Transcription

Dec. 16

Further examination of secretary hand and review of alphabet before working with a volume of a poetical miscellany:

V.a.245 – Poetical miscellany (manuscript) Transcriptions

Dec. 30

A very brief review of the alphabet and some of the common abbreviations used in secretary hand and then a look at two letters with seasonal references from the Papers of the Bagot Family Transcriptions

Transcriptions of specific letters completed by this group:
L.a.156 – Letter from Walter Bagot to an unnamed knight ⇒ Transcription
L.a.176 – Letter from William Bagot (Walter's son), Oxford, to Walter Bagot, 1619 November 7 ⇒ Transcription

Jan. 13

Introduction to Dromio, the Folger's online transcription/collation tool, and semi-diplomatic conventions and then a chance to practice both transcribing and encoding secretary hand with some poetry from a volume of poetical miscellany:

V.a.245 – Poetical miscellany (manuscript) Transcriptions

Jan. 27

A quick refresher on the use of Dromio and conventions of semi-diplomatic transcription, and then practice transcribing a mixed secretary/italic hand with a newsletter about some maritime matters: L.c.2102 – Newdigate family collection of newsletters.

Feb. 10

An introduction into the way numbers were written in manuscripts of the time, and then an opportunity to transcribe some interesting lists of items (with numbers) in V.b.147 – Inventories of the Townshend family.

Feb. 24

An educational experience with quill pens, iron gall ink, and rag paper followed by a turn at transcribing an early modern recipe for black ink from in V.a.159 – A Miscellany (sometimes known as Giles Lodge's Lute-Book).

Mar. 10

A quick review of numbers and then a more specific look at how numbers are used in references to money in early modern manuscripts. Several examples of amounts will be shown in snippets from L.d.101–775 – Bacon-Townshend collection and L.b.1–712 Loseley collection.

Upcoming Sessions

  • Mar. 24