Alex Wingate
@bibliowingate.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Information Science. #BookHistory of early modern Navarre (bookselling/private libraries), #DH, #DHmakes, libraries, rare books. Bibliography Editor for Chymistry of Isaac Newton & SHARP News.
W&M '18, ULondon '19, MLS @IU '21
W&M '18, ULondon '19, MLS @IU '21
It’s funny how your archival notes can take you back: “nasty dirt case with purple mold” 😂 I might have actually been given gloves for this one bc it was gross #BookHistory
(This is a will of a scribe who leaves some books to people)
(This is a will of a scribe who leaves some books to people)
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It’s funny how your archival notes can take you back: “nasty dirt case with purple mold” 😂 I might have actually been given gloves for this one bc it was gross #BookHistory
(This is a will of a scribe who leaves some books to people)
(This is a will of a scribe who leaves some books to people)
A good night to have finished more of the blocks for my VA themed intellectual freedom quilt
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
A good night to have finished more of the blocks for my VA themed intellectual freedom quilt
And as neat (to me at least) is that they use the @ symbol in the 1680s, though they mean @ for "arroba" as 25 lbs versus anything to do with the internet! #BookHistory
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And as neat (to me at least) is that they use the @ symbol in the 1680s, though they mean @ for "arroba" as 25 lbs versus anything to do with the internet! #BookHistory
October 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I also wanna use this awesome mushroom fabric, but I don’t know if the color scheme works
October 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I also wanna use this awesome mushroom fabric, but I don’t know if the color scheme works
I think I should be able to count my ability to curate a quilt‘s worth of bug fabric without trying towards my collection development skills on CVs and cover letters 😂 And long-term planning, because this is for two quilts ahead of now
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I think I should be able to count my ability to curate a quilt‘s worth of bug fabric without trying towards my collection development skills on CVs and cover letters 😂 And long-term planning, because this is for two quilts ahead of now
Something has definitely gone wrong in Newton's alchemy citation when it leads you to a section on mules, eels, and trouts...
#BookHistory #HistSci
#BookHistory #HistSci
October 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Something has definitely gone wrong in Newton's alchemy citation when it leads you to a section on mules, eels, and trouts...
#BookHistory #HistSci
#BookHistory #HistSci
The best preliminary I've ever encountered:
A preface titled "Al tan ocioso que leyere este libro" aka "To the very lazy/leisurely that would read this book"
#BookHistory
books.google.com/books?id=-Bx...
A preface titled "Al tan ocioso que leyere este libro" aka "To the very lazy/leisurely that would read this book"
#BookHistory
books.google.com/books?id=-Bx...
September 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The best preliminary I've ever encountered:
A preface titled "Al tan ocioso que leyere este libro" aka "To the very lazy/leisurely that would read this book"
#BookHistory
books.google.com/books?id=-Bx...
A preface titled "Al tan ocioso que leyere este libro" aka "To the very lazy/leisurely that would read this book"
#BookHistory
books.google.com/books?id=-Bx...
It’s a double Gutenberg day! (NYPL on the left, Morgan Library on the right)
#BookHistory
#BookHistory
August 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It’s a double Gutenberg day! (NYPL on the left, Morgan Library on the right)
#BookHistory
#BookHistory
Our family took a quilted sneakers class today and now I will be quilting all my shoes from here on out
And I got figure out what a #DHmakes sneaker would look like
And I got figure out what a #DHmakes sneaker would look like
August 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Our family took a quilted sneakers class today and now I will be quilting all my shoes from here on out
And I got figure out what a #DHmakes sneaker would look like
And I got figure out what a #DHmakes sneaker would look like
Book identification challenge: What the heck is "Ubequeño Grande" or "Ubequino Grande"?
Assuming "grande" refers to size, but maybe not.
Very likely a medical book; something printed before 1623.
Screenshot below in case this is actually a paleography prob. #BookHistory #histsci #histmed
Assuming "grande" refers to size, but maybe not.
Very likely a medical book; something printed before 1623.
Screenshot below in case this is actually a paleography prob. #BookHistory #histsci #histmed
July 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Book identification challenge: What the heck is "Ubequeño Grande" or "Ubequino Grande"?
Assuming "grande" refers to size, but maybe not.
Very likely a medical book; something printed before 1623.
Screenshot below in case this is actually a paleography prob. #BookHistory #histsci #histmed
Assuming "grande" refers to size, but maybe not.
Very likely a medical book; something printed before 1623.
Screenshot below in case this is actually a paleography prob. #BookHistory #histsci #histmed
No Google, I did not mean "Albert the Great paradisus anime." But now I do want to know what an Albert the Great anime would be like
July 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
No Google, I did not mean "Albert the Great paradisus anime." But now I do want to know what an Albert the Great anime would be like
July 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The result of two days of doing English paper piecing while listening to ##BookHistory sessions at #SHARP2025 is four blocks totally done on the quilt. And the great thing about doing EPP on the go is that hotels usually have irons to press your work! 😂
#DHMakes
#DHMakes
July 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The result of two days of doing English paper piecing while listening to ##BookHistory sessions at #SHARP2025 is four blocks totally done on the quilt. And the great thing about doing EPP on the go is that hotels usually have irons to press your work! 😂
#DHMakes
#DHMakes
Cutting my own EPP quilt pieces doesn’t seem too bad. I’m hoping that everything will fit together well when I actually go to sew…
But the goal to have all the pieces ready for sewing during conferences seems doable!
#DHmakes
But the goal to have all the pieces ready for sewing during conferences seems doable!
#DHmakes
June 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Cutting my own EPP quilt pieces doesn’t seem too bad. I’m hoping that everything will fit together well when I actually go to sew…
But the goal to have all the pieces ready for sewing during conferences seems doable!
#DHmakes
But the goal to have all the pieces ready for sewing during conferences seems doable!
#DHmakes
An easier morning of identifications than yesterday since most of them were Plantin press and several were Leonardus Lessius!
(though normally quite easy because this dude gives *ALL* the info)
This priest also really had a thing for the Jesuits.
#BookHistory
(though normally quite easy because this dude gives *ALL* the info)
This priest also really had a thing for the Jesuits.
#BookHistory
June 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
An easier morning of identifications than yesterday since most of them were Plantin press and several were Leonardus Lessius!
(though normally quite easy because this dude gives *ALL* the info)
This priest also really had a thing for the Jesuits.
#BookHistory
(though normally quite easy because this dude gives *ALL* the info)
This priest also really had a thing for the Jesuits.
#BookHistory
I really need some sort of code within my browser that tells databases "I'm not a bot, I'm just a bibliographer!"
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
June 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I really need some sort of code within my browser that tells databases "I'm not a bot, I'm just a bibliographer!"
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
So my dad thinks I should keep the figures in the middle as stick figures versus the more realistic figures on the VA seal. I kind of like the XKCD vibe too?? What do others think?
#DHMakes
#DHMakes
June 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
So my dad thinks I should keep the figures in the middle as stick figures versus the more realistic figures on the VA seal. I kind of like the XKCD vibe too?? What do others think?
#DHMakes
#DHMakes
Sand-filled pin cushions make great paper weights for editing outside in the breeze!
June 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sand-filled pin cushions make great paper weights for editing outside in the breeze!
30 seconds in the microwave is, in fact, too long to make a soft boiled egg slightly harder
June 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
30 seconds in the microwave is, in fact, too long to make a soft boiled egg slightly harder
Colors labeled if you want to work out the scheme!
June 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Colors labeled if you want to work out the scheme!
