Stephanie J. Lahey PhD
@sjlahey.bsky.social
Mark Andrews Fellow in #BookScience, Old Books New Science Lab, University of Toronto · #MedievalManuscripts cataloguer & researcher · #Parchment #QuantitativeHumanities 📜 🔬 📚 📊 🇨🇦
Hooray! What a great candidate. This is such an exciting project.
June 10, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Hooray! What a great candidate. This is such an exciting project.
Reposted by Stephanie J. Lahey PhD
And some of the images of the poor (and once beautiful, but now not usable) manuscript I'm hoping to image one day to be able to virtually restore to its once-glorious illustrations.
@sjlahey.bsky.social (I found it!)
X893 H12 (it's a Haggadah, probably illustrated by Leipnik)
@sjlahey.bsky.social (I found it!)
X893 H12 (it's a Haggadah, probably illustrated by Leipnik)
June 10, 2025 at 1:18 AM
And some of the images of the poor (and once beautiful, but now not usable) manuscript I'm hoping to image one day to be able to virtually restore to its once-glorious illustrations.
@sjlahey.bsky.social (I found it!)
X893 H12 (it's a Haggadah, probably illustrated by Leipnik)
@sjlahey.bsky.social (I found it!)
X893 H12 (it's a Haggadah, probably illustrated by Leipnik)
… After arriving in Halifax, the pair may have continued on to Boston, yet it is possible that Jefferie briefly plied his trade in Halifax. If so, he could be #Canada ’s first printer—an honour usually bestowed upon Bartholomew Green Jr.
#books #typography #BookHistory #CdnHist 📚 📜
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#books #typography #BookHistory #CdnHist 📚 📜
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June 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
… After arriving in Halifax, the pair may have continued on to Boston, yet it is possible that Jefferie briefly plied his trade in Halifax. If so, he could be #Canada ’s first printer—an honour usually bestowed upon Bartholomew Green Jr.
#books #typography #BookHistory #CdnHist 📚 📜
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#books #typography #BookHistory #CdnHist 📚 📜
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See also CAUT’s seven page supplement to their advisory on travel to the USA (PDF): www.caut.ca/sites/defaul...
www.caut.ca
April 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM
See also CAUT’s seven page supplement to their advisory on travel to the USA (PDF): www.caut.ca/sites/defaul...
It was an MRI machine, iirc.
April 15, 2025 at 7:54 PM
It was an MRI machine, iirc.
The codex holds a Sanskrit commentary on a Hindu legal text; this copy dates from the 17th or possibly even 16th century. #HistLaw #LegalHistory #LawBooks 📚 📜
January 13, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The codex holds a Sanskrit commentary on a Hindu legal text; this copy dates from the 17th or possibly even 16th century. #HistLaw #LegalHistory #LawBooks 📚 📜
… By 1788, the library held 2000 volumes. Despite loss of many books in a 1854 fire, in 1866 the library published a catalogue listing 6990 volumes in its collections. #books #BookHistory #CdnHist 📚 📜
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January 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
… By 1788, the library held 2000 volumes. Despite loss of many books in a 1854 fire, in 1866 the library published a catalogue listing 6990 volumes in its collections. #books #BookHistory #CdnHist 📚 📜
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