HyperEssays
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HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne
https://hyperessays.net/
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hyperessays.net was offline briefly this morning (US EST) but it’s up and running again now. 😮💨
Back to reading, translating, annotating, coding, transcribing, copyediting, learning, and just having fun with the Essays.
Back to reading, translating, annotating, coding, transcribing, copyediting, learning, and just having fun with the Essays.
HyperEssays
HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
hyperessays.net
September 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
hyperessays.net was offline briefly this morning (US EST) but it’s up and running again now. 😮💨
Back to reading, translating, annotating, coding, transcribing, copyediting, learning, and just having fun with the Essays.
Back to reading, translating, annotating, coding, transcribing, copyediting, learning, and just having fun with the Essays.
“I was born between eleven and noon on the last day of February 1533 (as we reckon nowadays, with the year starting in January).“
“Je nasquis entre unze heures et midy le dernier jour de Febvrier, 1533. comme nous contons à cette heure, commençant l’an en Janvier.”
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“Je nasquis entre unze heures et midy le dernier jour de Febvrier, 1533. comme nous contons à cette heure, commençant l’an en Janvier.”
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To Philosophize Is to Learn to Die - The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Death is nothing to worry about!
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February 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
“I was born between eleven and noon on the last day of February 1533 (as we reckon nowadays, with the year starting in January).“
“Je nasquis entre unze heures et midy le dernier jour de Febvrier, 1533. comme nous contons à cette heure, commençant l’an en Janvier.”
hyperessays.net/essays/to-ph...
“Je nasquis entre unze heures et midy le dernier jour de Febvrier, 1533. comme nous contons à cette heure, commençant l’an en Janvier.”
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Happy birthday to us! 🎉🎂
HyperEssays turns 5 today.
Still working on it.
Still making progress.
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HyperEssays turns 5 today.
Still working on it.
Still making progress.
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HyperEssays
HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
hyperessays.net
January 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy birthday to us! 🎉🎂
HyperEssays turns 5 today.
Still working on it.
Still making progress.
hyperessays.net
HyperEssays turns 5 today.
Still working on it.
Still making progress.
hyperessays.net
Happy birthday to us! 🎉🎂
HyperEssays turns 5 today.
Still working on it.
Still making progress.
hyperessays.net
HyperEssays turns 5 today.
Still working on it.
Still making progress.
hyperessays.net
HyperEssays
HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online edition of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
hyperessays.net
January 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy birthday to us! 🎉🎂
HyperEssays turns 5 today.
Still working on it.
Still making progress.
hyperessays.net
HyperEssays turns 5 today.
Still working on it.
Still making progress.
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New job:
Assistant Professor of Early Modern European History
University of California - Los Angeles
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67827
Assistant Professor of Early Modern European History
University of California - Los Angeles
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67827
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September 30, 2024 at 11:17 PM
New job:
Assistant Professor of Early Modern European History
University of California - Los Angeles
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67827
Assistant Professor of Early Modern European History
University of California - Los Angeles
https://www.h-net.org/jobs/job_display.php?id=67827
It’s mid-December and I know what you’re thinking: Time for another end-of-year recap.
So here’s one you didn’t know you needed: HyperEssays 2023 Wrapped!
So here’s one you didn’t know you needed: HyperEssays 2023 Wrapped!
![A Year of Words. In 2023, HyperEssays added 48131 lemmas to its 11 lexicons. These are used to populate 1479628 indexable TEI W elements across 434 chapter files. [The slide shows examples of JSON-encoded lexicon entries showing lemma, normalized form, and original printed form of two words.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5w64pt3g5allwiv2c33sib35/bafkreigxvor2g4yw2ivvz64p6devqgcbf62anpgpxwvnzmymkw3fbgdkmy@jpeg)
December 18, 2023 at 1:02 PM
It’s mid-December and I know what you’re thinking: Time for another end-of-year recap.
So here’s one you didn’t know you needed: HyperEssays 2023 Wrapped!
So here’s one you didn’t know you needed: HyperEssays 2023 Wrapped!
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November 15, 2023 at 1:39 PM
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Yesterday something quite remarkable happened:
The Florentine Codex, an Encyclopedia of Aztec culture in 12 volumes finished in 1569, was posted in a digital version with beautiful images and translation. Everyone with an interest in history should check it out.
florentinecodex.getty.edu
The Florentine Codex, an Encyclopedia of Aztec culture in 12 volumes finished in 1569, was posted in a digital version with beautiful images and translation. Everyone with an interest in history should check it out.
florentinecodex.getty.edu
Digital Florentine Codex
The Getty Research Institute provides global access to the Florentine Codex, considered the most important manuscript of early colonial Mexico
florentinecodex.getty.edu
October 27, 2023 at 9:26 AM
Yesterday something quite remarkable happened:
The Florentine Codex, an Encyclopedia of Aztec culture in 12 volumes finished in 1569, was posted in a digital version with beautiful images and translation. Everyone with an interest in history should check it out.
florentinecodex.getty.edu
The Florentine Codex, an Encyclopedia of Aztec culture in 12 volumes finished in 1569, was posted in a digital version with beautiful images and translation. Everyone with an interest in history should check it out.
florentinecodex.getty.edu
Phillip John Usher’s latest installment of “Conversations with People who Read Montaigne,” in French, is on YouTube:
youtu.be/10QCtkOL8pI?...
Frank Lestringant talks about ”Des Coches” and Montaigne’s place in 16th cent. discussions of the colonization of the “New World.”
youtu.be/10QCtkOL8pI?...
Frank Lestringant talks about ”Des Coches” and Montaigne’s place in 16th cent. discussions of the colonization of the “New World.”
Conversations with People who Read Montaigne, Episode 4: Frank Lestringant and Phillip John Usher
« Conversations with People who Read Montaigne », a series hosted by Phillip John Usher (NYU). For more details on the series, including future dates, past r...
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November 8, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Phillip John Usher’s latest installment of “Conversations with People who Read Montaigne,” in French, is on YouTube:
youtu.be/10QCtkOL8pI?...
Frank Lestringant talks about ”Des Coches” and Montaigne’s place in 16th cent. discussions of the colonization of the “New World.”
youtu.be/10QCtkOL8pI?...
Frank Lestringant talks about ”Des Coches” and Montaigne’s place in 16th cent. discussions of the colonization of the “New World.”
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Phillip John Usher’s next guest on “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne” will be Cathy Yandell (French/Francophone Studies, Carleton College) on Monday, Oct. 30.
Registration info: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)
Registration info: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)
Conversations with People who read Montaigne: Cathy Yandell
as.nyu.edu
October 24, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Phillip John Usher’s next guest on “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne” will be Cathy Yandell (French/Francophone Studies, Carleton College) on Monday, Oct. 30.
Registration info: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)
Registration info: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)
Phillip John Usher’s next guest on “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne” will be Cathy Yandell (French/Francophone Studies, Carleton College) on Monday, Oct. 30.
Registration info: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)
Registration info: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)
Conversations with People who read Montaigne: Cathy Yandell
as.nyu.edu
October 24, 2023 at 3:10 PM
Phillip John Usher’s next guest on “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne” will be Cathy Yandell (French/Francophone Studies, Carleton College) on Monday, Oct. 30.
Registration info: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)
Registration info: as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
(The URL says “--frank-lestringant” but is for Yandell’s talk.)
Pushkin Press just released a new collection of 16 “essential essays” by Michel de Montaigne, newly translated into English by David Coward.
October 17, 2023 at 3:15 PM
Pushkin Press just released a new collection of 16 “essential essays” by Michel de Montaigne, newly translated into English by David Coward.
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Phillip John Usher’s series of “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne,” is soon to resume with its next guest, Frank Lestringant, on Sept. 25th at 1:00 PM (EST). 📅
For more information (and registration, when the time comes?) visit wp.nyu.edu/artsampscien...
For more information (and registration, when the time comes?) visit wp.nyu.edu/artsampscien...
Conversations With People Who Read Montaigne (www.montaigne.us) – Conversations With People Who Re...
Conversations With People Who Read Montaigne
wp.nyu.edu
September 18, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Phillip John Usher’s series of “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne,” is soon to resume with its next guest, Frank Lestringant, on Sept. 25th at 1:00 PM (EST). 📅
For more information (and registration, when the time comes?) visit wp.nyu.edu/artsampscien...
For more information (and registration, when the time comes?) visit wp.nyu.edu/artsampscien...
People familiar with Early Modern English, what word is “bedrowle” in John Florio’s translation of Montaigne’s III.8 “Of the Arte of conferring”?
“[He] doth nothing but molest al men with the impertinent bedrowle and register of his pedigrees….”
hyperessays.net/florio/book/...
“[He] doth nothing but molest al men with the impertinent bedrowle and register of his pedigrees….”
hyperessays.net/florio/book/...
Of the Arte of conferring - The Essays of Michel de Montaigne
Chapter 8 of Book 3 of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne translated by John Florio
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September 18, 2023 at 9:30 PM
People familiar with Early Modern English, what word is “bedrowle” in John Florio’s translation of Montaigne’s III.8 “Of the Arte of conferring”?
“[He] doth nothing but molest al men with the impertinent bedrowle and register of his pedigrees….”
hyperessays.net/florio/book/...
“[He] doth nothing but molest al men with the impertinent bedrowle and register of his pedigrees….”
hyperessays.net/florio/book/...
Phillip John Usher’s series of “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne,” is soon to resume with its next guest, Frank Lestringant, on Sept. 25th at 1:00 PM (EST). 📅
For more information (and registration, when the time comes?) visit wp.nyu.edu/artsampscien...
For more information (and registration, when the time comes?) visit wp.nyu.edu/artsampscien...
Conversations With People Who Read Montaigne (www.montaigne.us) – Conversations With People Who Re...
Conversations With People Who Read Montaigne
wp.nyu.edu
September 18, 2023 at 2:29 PM
Phillip John Usher’s series of “Conversations with People Who Read Montaigne,” is soon to resume with its next guest, Frank Lestringant, on Sept. 25th at 1:00 PM (EST). 📅
For more information (and registration, when the time comes?) visit wp.nyu.edu/artsampscien...
For more information (and registration, when the time comes?) visit wp.nyu.edu/artsampscien...
A three-year investigation into the contents of a coffin thought to be the remains of Michel de Montaigne just ended.
Its conclusion?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
www.lefigaro.fr/culture/le-c... (in French)
Its conclusion?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
www.lefigaro.fr/culture/le-c... (in French)
Le corps de Montaigne n’est peut-être pas celui de Montaigne
Au terme de trois années d’investigation sur la dépouille des réserves du Musée d'Aquitaine, les analyses ne permettent pas d’être formel.
www.lefigaro.fr
September 16, 2023 at 1:20 PM
A three-year investigation into the contents of a coffin thought to be the remains of Michel de Montaigne just ended.
Its conclusion?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
www.lefigaro.fr/culture/le-c... (in French)
Its conclusion?
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
www.lefigaro.fr/culture/le-c... (in French)
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Jessie Jackson on Sesame Street in 1971 doing a call-and-response with the kids of the poem I Am - Somebody. [kottke.org]
September 5, 2023 at 8:32 PM
Jessie Jackson on Sesame Street in 1971 doing a call-and-response with the kids of the poem I Am - Somebody. [kottke.org]
“What could be better for any author than for his lifework to become a reader’s lifework, too?”
Li, Yiyun. “Some Have Yoga. I Have Montaigne.” @theatlantic.bsky.social, September 4, 2023. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv....
Li, Yiyun. “Some Have Yoga. I Have Montaigne.” @theatlantic.bsky.social, September 4, 2023. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv....
Some Have Yoga. I Have Montaigne.
The philosopher will always be among the writers I reread; his words provide one of the best anchors for one’s ever-changing mind.
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September 5, 2023 at 3:31 PM
“What could be better for any author than for his lifework to become a reader’s lifework, too?”
Li, Yiyun. “Some Have Yoga. I Have Montaigne.” @theatlantic.bsky.social, September 4, 2023. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv....
Li, Yiyun. “Some Have Yoga. I Have Montaigne.” @theatlantic.bsky.social, September 4, 2023. www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv....
Marie de Gournay fans, check out this new *Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy* edited by Karen Detlefsen and Lisa Shapiro:
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
The Routledge Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy
The Routledge Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy is an outstanding reference source for the wide range of philosophical contributions made by women writing in Europe from about 156...
www.routledge.com
August 23, 2023 at 4:41 PM
Marie de Gournay fans, check out this new *Handbook of Women and Early Modern European Philosophy* edited by Karen Detlefsen and Lisa Shapiro:
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
www.routledge.com/The-Routledg...
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Feels apt that as I move to a new platform for writing that the most recent piece I published is on (hand)writing and media history. This was a challenging review essay to write, but I really appreciated the chance to do so.
https://www.publicbooks.org/slanting-the-history-of-handwriting/
https://www.publicbooks.org/slanting-the-history-of-handwriting/
Slanting the History of Handwriting
Whatever writing is today, it is not self-evident.
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August 19, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Feels apt that as I move to a new platform for writing that the most recent piece I published is on (hand)writing and media history. This was a challenging review essay to write, but I really appreciated the chance to do so.
https://www.publicbooks.org/slanting-the-history-of-handwriting/
https://www.publicbooks.org/slanting-the-history-of-handwriting/
Hello Bluesky!
Our first post will be a short introduction. HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online version of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
Our first post will be a short introduction. HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online version of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
August 19, 2023 at 5:42 PM
Hello Bluesky!
Our first post will be a short introduction. HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online version of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.
Our first post will be a short introduction. HyperEssays is a project to create a modern and accessible online version of the Essays of Michel de Montaigne.