Maria Gorbunova
waypastnoon.bsky.social
Maria Gorbunova
@waypastnoon.bsky.social
Rare books cataloger at Cotsen Children’s Library (Princeton)
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Well, as I’m sure you all know, we mark something important today. Yes: happy 45th anniversary of the thrremony at tremony at the liremony at the libraremony to all who celebrate
April 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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What's the horse on the left thinking?

BL Royal 14 E III; Estoire del Saint Graal, La Queste del Saint Graal, Morte Artu; France, N. (Saint-Omer or Tournai?); 14th century; f.156v
April 4, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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If you have a public library near you, I think a fun thing to do during the blackout would be to go there and check out some items.
February 28, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A little selection of titles in English to be cataloged sometime soon (after the Polish, and Ukrainian, and 30 translations of The Fantom Tollbooth)
February 21, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Reddit user u/onestonewithlichen 's Mum has brought some of the Luttrell Psalters' marginalia monsters to life via the medium of wool-felt.
February 18, 2025 at 11:22 AM
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I might have shared this with just slightly over-the-top enthusiasm on Facebook, too.
LOOK AT THE VIDEO! IT MOVES! IT DOES THE THING!
I am a complex person with diverse interests you can’t just send me any old letterpress thing & expect me to freak out

Lego jobbing press??? ideas.lego.com/projects/a6d...

OMG IT’S INCREDIBLE I MUST HAVE ONE!!!!
Letterpress
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February 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Snow day (not)
February 12, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Nothing to see here, just a normal hotel breakfast in Norway
February 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Eduroam WiFi in Oslo airport - unexpected but nice!
February 7, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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*screams in Cataloger*
January 31, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Lenin of the day I guess? Halo added (enhanced?) by previous owner
December 16, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Cat of the day (ill. T. Ivanitskaia, in Zimushka-zima by G. Ladonshchikov, 1966)
December 16, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Found a great bib record for a Soviet picture book we received (very rare, usually there is a lot of editing to do) and then realized I created it during my time at BMC :) Pretty proud of the 2019 me!
December 10, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Just another day in the office: complete set of Didrot’s encyclopedia, with a chronology scroll
December 10, 2024 at 5:09 PM
Random animal of the day
December 5, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Cat of the day: no rules, just sleep
December 4, 2024 at 9:22 PM
December mood
December 3, 2024 at 9:14 PM
Baby tiger in 1935 and 1961 (ill. E. Charushin)
December 3, 2024 at 7:02 PM
I wish the weekend was even longer, but I got to see the ocean
December 2, 2024 at 3:07 PM
Hi. I’m new here. I catalog children’s books for adult researchers and there will be a lot of cats here. Maybe some trains or plants, too
November 28, 2024 at 4:44 PM