Ok I’ll bite! I like being an early adopter but honestly shout out to the people who have joined most recently and are making this place extra lively. 🌌 🦋

While the other version starts with a title page calling the work Decreta and attributing editing to Speciano like this Braidense copy:

The first one with front matter (smaller format tho!) of Federico Borromeo’s edition of the decrees (Acta) in 1599 like this BL copy :

Crowdsourcing a question to the Bluesky book history / Italy / canon law folks: Cesare Speciano edited a book of Carlo Borromeo’s synodal decrees in 1595 called the Decreta; it was reprinted in 1603 but in 2(?) different versions by the same group in Brescia,

It seems like the book at least credits Ulrich—this is how it’s described in a NYT list of recent historical fiction:

So I caved and bought this. Anybody had a positive/negative experience using it so far? 🗃️

So far on a roll for #AcWriMo, I’m pleasantly surprised. 🗓️

Dappled sun crescents from today’s solar eclipse in Austin.

Tomorrow is my last day at the Huntington Library! It’s been a wonderful month—great materials and illuminating conversations. Plus, cacti.