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  • ...t type of text at the Folger, including major acquisitions and any changes in collection or cataloging policies.'' === Searching for herbals ===
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  • MRAC field 245 in the bibliographic format is used to record a title and statement of respons ==Basic use and searching==
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  • ...to the target item when the relationship does not fit any of those defined in fields 760-785. This field is repeatable. ==Basic use and searching==
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  • ...r, the Folger has chosen to continue using and displaying select GMDs in [[Hamnet]] at this time. * The GMD is added to the [[MARC 245 Title Statement|MARC 245]] field in a subfield ‡h. It follows the subfield ‡a directly, and precedes all ot
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  • ...the parent record, with reciprocal [[MARC 773 Host Item Entry|773 fields]] in the child (or analytic) records containing information about the larger bib ...bette Craven collection, a print from a book that is being cataloged as an in-analytic record.
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  • ...r" symbol in the upper right corner of your page and select "Edit Source." In this editing mode, copy the code below the line (<nowiki><hr/></nowiki>) in ...f your article by putting <nowiki>{{Draft}}</nowiki> as the ''first'' word in the article. But you should feel free to save your work as is and others wi
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  • ...speare's plays]]. Titus, a model Roman, has led 21 of his 25 sons to death in Rome's wars; he stabs another son to death for what he views as disloyalty ''Titus Andronicus'' was first published in a 1594 quarto, which survives in a single copy at the Folger Shakespeare Library. Some scholars date the wri
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  • ...Bath, was a noted bibliophile, collector of Elizabethaniana, and Baconian. In 1924, he sold a large portion of his library to [[Henry Clay Folger]]; the Full citations with links to Luna or Hamnet for exceptional items from the former owner's collection now at the Folger.
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  • ...and may have been first performed that year. It was published as a quarto in 1597. Sources include Raphael Holinshed's ''Chronicles'' and Edward Hall's :Hamnet: [http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=78903/ STC 22273
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  • MARC field 264 in the bibliographic format contains information about the production, publica ==Basic use and searching==
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  • The play finds its hero in another figure: the Bastard, Sir Richard Plantagenet, an illegitimate son o ...suggests that Shakespeare wrote ''King John'' in 1594-96. It was published in the 1623 First Folio. Sources include Raphael Holinshed's ''Chronicles''. A
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  • ...f a prince who risks his life to win a princess, but discovers that she is in an incestuous relationship with her father and flees to safety. He marries This play is far from typical of Shakespearean drama. In the opening lines, a speaker, using archaic language, introduces himself as
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  • ...life, whenever one reads the ''Sonnets'' in the order in which they appear in the 1609 Quarto. Evidence that puts the narrative in doubt seems to matter very little. Most critics and editors agree that the
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  • In ''The Merchant of Venice'', one of [[William Shakespeare's plays]], the pat ...h powerful expression to his alienation due to the hatred around him that, in many productions, he emerges as the hero.
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  • ...ack of interest and higher social standing, but she finds little happiness in the victory as he shuns, deserts, and attempts to betray her. ...available to her. To exert any control over his life, Bertram goes to war in Italy.
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  • ...or epic usually came from the periphery of myth or legend; its interest is in eroticism, sophistication, and wit. Within this genre, ''Venus and Adonis'' In Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', the boy hunter Adonis is the willing lover of Ven
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  • ...almost equally powerful when translated, suggesting that it is the story, in large part, that draws us to the play. ...extreme, magnified to gigantic proportions. We also see old age portrayed in all its vulnerability, pride, and perhaps, wisdom--one reason this most dev
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  • ...er one even knowing of the other's existence. Meanwhile, Egeon has arrived in search of the son he thinks is still alive—and has been sentenced to deat ...hakespeare probably wrote it between 1592 and 1594. The play was published in the 1623 First Folio.<ref>Adapted from the Folger Library Shakespeare editi
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  • ...' takes place as Rome becomes a republic. As a minor epic (a popular genre in Shakespeare's time), it centers on figures of seemingly secondary importanc Shakespeare found these incidents in Roman history and myth, as well as Chaucer and contemporary English writers
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  • ..., cross-gender disguise, a deathlike trance, and the appearance of Jupiter in a vision. ...sed in a Welsh cave. As young men, they rescue a starving stranger (Imogen in disguise); kill Cymbeline’s stepson; and fight with almost superhuman val
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  • ...ys to be performed at the Globe, in 1599. For it, he turned to a key event in Roman history: Caesar's death at the hands of friends and fellow politician ''Julius Caesar'' was printed in the 1623 First Folio. Sources include North's translation of Plutarch's ''L
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  • .... Yet the play, which draws much of its power from Greek myth, is grounded in the everyday. ...rmed at the Globe in May 1611 and at court that November. It was published in the 1623 First Folio. The chief source is Robert Greene’s ''Pandosto, or
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  • MARC field 300 in the bibliographic format contains physical description of the described ite ==Basic use and searching==
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  • The real Timon of Athens lived there in the fifth century BCE, making him a contemporary of Socrates and Pericles. ...ifetime. He is thought to have written it in 1605-08, and it was published in the 1623 First Folio. Among Shakespeare's sources was North's translation o
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  • ...the Greek Diomedes as her lover. Chaucer is sympathetic to Criseyde, too, in her vulnerable state. In sharp contrast, however, none of Shakespeare’s characters are exemplary.
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  • ...William Shakespeare's plays]] begins with the common people, or plebeians, in armed revolt against the patricians. The people win the right to be represe ...hames froze and coal was burned on the ice in containers. It was published in the 1623 First Folio. Sources include North's translation of Plutarch's ''L
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  • ...it Ariel, and the monster Caliban. When his enemies are among those caught in a storm near the island, Prospero turns his power upon them through Ariel a ...e. Caliban seems to be a monster for attacking Miranda, but appears heroic in resisting Prospero, evoking the period of colonialism during which the play
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  • ...service. Orsino sends her as his envoy to Olivia—only to have Olivia fall in love with the messenger. The play complicates, then wonderfully untangles, ...t Folio. Sources include Plautus's ''Menaechmi'' and "Apolonius and Silla” in Barnabe Riche's ''His Farewell to the Military Profession''.<ref>Adapted fr
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  • ...kespeare's plays]], is among the most passionately discussed of his works. In it, a duke temporarily removes himself from governing his city-state, deupt ...pts to extort sex from her, but Isabella preserves her chastity. The duke, in disguise, eavesdrops as she tells her brother about Angelo's behavior, then
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  • ...the church, and soldiers expecting to reap profits from the conflict. Even in the speeches of Henry and his nobles, there are many chilling references to ...elieve Shakespeare wrote ''Henry V'' in 1599. It was published as a quarto in 1600. Among the sources are Raphael Holinshed’s Chronicles and an early p
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  • ...to arrive. Although he lodges them outside of his court, all four men fall in love with the ladies, abandoning their oaths and setting out to win their h ...dentical to men’s images of them is a common theme in Shakespeare's plays. In ''Love's Labor’s Lost'' it receives one of its most pressing examinations
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  • ...', one of [[William Shakespeare's plays]], Shakespeare presents a monarchy in crisis. Noblemen battle with Lord Chancellor Cardinal Wolsey, who taxes the ...were reported lost, and a new Globe was constructed. The play was printed in the 1623 First Folio. The primary source is Raphael Holinshed's ''Chronicle
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  • ...wo quite different stories of romantic love. [[Hero]] and [[Claudio]] fall in love almost at first sight, but an outsider, [[Don John]], strikes out at t ...About Nothing'' was printed as a quarto in 1600, and was probably written in 1598–99. Shakespeare relied upon many sources, including Ariosto's ''Orla
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  • ...eopatra'', one of [[William Shakespeare's plays]] dramatizes a major event in world history: the founding of the Roman Empire. The future first emperor, ...Lepidus, denies Antony his spoils from Pompey's defeat, and seizes cities in the eastern Roman colonies that Antony rules.
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  • ...na'' early on; suggested dates are between 1590 and 1595. It was published in the 1623 First Folio. Sources include Jorge de Montemayor's ''Diana Enamora :Hamnet: [http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=78903/ STC 22273
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  • ...plans to dispose of his brother Clarence. Richard achieves similar success in conquering the woman he chooses to marry. He carves a way to the throne thr ...ard. His supporters desert him; his victims pile up. We may begin to share in the desire for vengeance voiced by Margaret.
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  • ...to Duke Senior, has overthrown his brother and forced him to live homeless in the forest with his courtiers, including the cynical Jaques. Orlando, whose ...ntury actor playing Rosalind was male, following the practice of the time. In other words, a boy played a girl playing a boy pretending to be a girl.
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  • ...may have been an early or reported version. Shakespeare's play was printed in the 1623 First Folio. Its sources include other contemporary works.<ref>Ada :Hamnet: [http://shakespeare.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=78903/ STC 22273
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  • In ''Othello'', one of [[William Shakespeare's plays]], Shakespeare creates po ...was pubilshed as a quarto in 1622, and a somewhat fuller text was included in the 1623 First Folio. Giraldi Cinthio's ''Hecatommithi'' was the chief sour
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  • ...f love. Theseus and Hippolyta, about to marry, are figures from mythology. In the woods outside Theseus' Athens, two young men and two young women sort t ...ttle over custody of an orphan boy; Oberon uses magic to make Titania fall in love with a weaver named Bottom, whose head is temporarily transformed into
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  • ...ending on the needs of the library; for this reason, it should not be used in master records. ...e is specific to a particular copy, so it goes in 852‡z for that copy, but in some cases the note applies to any copy held by the Folger.
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  • ...that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud. ...an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were
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  • ...Folger in 1922, is a fantastical reproduction of Act IV, Scene 1. [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=128566/ FPa27].]] ...stories of traitors advised by witches and wizards, echoing James's belief in a connection between treason and witchcraft.
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  • [[File:H-P Lyttle Boke no.8.jpg|thumb|Token of the White Hart ([http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=356858 H-P Lyttle Boke no.8])]] ...and medals that have (so far) been cataloged in [[Hamnet]] can be found by searching each of those terms as a "Genre/Form" keyword.
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  • ...Claudius, now the king of Denmark. Much of its fascination, however, lies in its uncertainties. ...not act? Was his mother, Gertrude, unfaithful to her husband or complicit in his murder?
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  • ...ormers. Search ''festival books'' as SUBJECT in [http://hamnet.folger.edu Hamnet] – list is organized by country and date. ...r] holdings. Also check the [http://luna.folger.edu LUNA] image database, searching under Hollar.
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  • ...iate [[Advisory statements|advisory statement]]), and their thorough, book-in-hand cataloging. As of September 9, 2016, preliminary records were imported in the online catalog for 3,551 records from the Wing chronological card file,
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  • ...with captions - can be found by searching for "Cartoons" or "Caricatures" in the Form/Genre field.) ...is coded (usually '''a'''), and that the illustrative content is specified in the 300 ‡b
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  • ...e in high resolution and users can show multiple images side-by-side, zoom in and out to see fine detail, view cataloging information when available, exp * Examine rare paintings in "up close and personal" detail
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  • ...rch guides are meant to assist researchers with their search for materials in the [[Folger Shakespeare Library]] collection, to facilitate use of paper a *[[Character lists in manuscript]]
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  • ...le (e.g., to link to a blog post or article about the manuscript described in the record). ...the Holdings record, but only the one in the Holdings record displays in [[Hamnet]].
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  • ==Relationship designators in library catalog records== Many libraries routinely add relationship designators to access points in their catalogs. As their name suggests, they are used to specify the relati
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  • ...tion to the Folger Library’s online catalogue, [http://hamnet.folger.edu/| Hamnet]. Participants will confer with the summer institute’s Technical Assistan ...esent the participants’ work that will serve as an ongoing hub for DH work in early modern studies.
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  • ...espeare'', ed. Dobson and Wells (new ed. 2015)—Folger call number: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=345486 PR2892 .O94 2015] ...eare'', ed. De Grazia and Wells (2nd ed. 2010)—Folger call number: [http://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=233838 PR2894 .C33 2010]
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  • ...—titled "Books in process" talks as a riff on [[Folger Institute]]'s Works-in-Progress talks—about the process of selecting, purchasing, reviewing, cat ...acks) and non-circulating (Vault) materials, we find and acquire materials in a variety of ways. While we try to carefully consider what will best help t
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  • ..., additions, entrances and exits, and other stage business he is to follow in conducting the performance. Other marked-up play texts, also called promptb ==Examples of promptbooks in the Folger collection==
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  • ...erformed between 1576 and 1642, the era of the first commercial playhouses in London. ...s of work funded by a Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant in the NEH’s Division of Preservation and Access.
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  • ...by authorized forms. (One example: using authorized terms for occupations in authority records.) ...eslie]]. For NACO training schedule and workflows, see [[bard2:NACO | NACO in Bard2]]. (Access limited to Folger staff).
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  • ...,000 negatives, and 1,500 color transparencies, to the Library of Congress in 1973.''<ref>"Background and Scope of the Collection," http://www.loc.gov/pi ...ncluding: the National Archives, Washington Monument, and Memorial Bridge. In the course of his work, he was engaged to photograph the early days of the
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  • ...mation about upcoming or continuing virtual sessions on Zoom. Last updated in summer 2020. ...l non-interactive transcription exercises. Requires Adobe Flash Player and in need of a refresh.
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  • ♠ - Resources marked with this symbol can only be accessed while logged in to the Folger network, unless readers can access them through their own ins ...tish Theatre] features a wide range of primary sources related to the arts in the Victorian era, from playbills and scripts to operas and complete scores
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  • ...s the curriculum for the "Early Modern Digital Agendas" institute convened in July 2013. ...tion to the Folger Library’s online catalogue, [http://hamnet.folger.edu/| Hamnet]. Participants will confer with the summer institute’s Technical Assistan
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  • ...enre term ''Psalters (books)'' and the form term ''Embroidered bindings''. In practice, "genres" and "forms" overlap, so the [[MARC]] cataloging standard ==Genre and form in library catalogs==
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  • ...Created/Published !! Sort by call number !! !! Link to Online Resource !! Hamnet Link ...7 M 3 || || https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010516251 || https://hamnet.folger.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?BBID=23974
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