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JeffreyJDean

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Music historian (15th–16th centuries), editor/book-designer/typesetter, Quaker; foreign-born naturalized British citizen; ally. He/him/his

NOT the Jeff Dean at Google, or the archeologist, or …

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aaronm, to medievodons
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Question for someone who knows far better than I do: How would you describe this hand? It looked minuscule from a distance, but close up the letterforms are way easier to read and more consistent across position...
( Pal.gr.258 the text is Paulus Evergetinus Synagoge)
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@aaronm

It’s definitely minuscule, as distinct from uncial or any other type of Greek script. What distinguishes it is a relative absence of ligatures; most late-medieval Greek scribes used them heavily, but a few in the 15th century had a lighter touch. Wendelin da Spira and Nicolas Jenson based their Greek types on the latter variety, but Aldus chose the former…

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wynkenhimself, to bookhistodons
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Hello bibliographers! I'm wondering if people have strong feelings about whether the abbreviations for recto and verso (eg, fol. 178r) should be in superscript or not?

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I prefer superscript, but I can live with not.

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@libroraptor @wynkenhimself

One point that I find helpful in print (it’s not much help on screen) is that good book typefaces have native superior (and inferior) figures, which are generally larger and more legible than the electronically reduced ones. It’s difficult to access these for on-screen use. (I worked as a free-lance book designer and typesetter until recently; in retirement I stick to copy-editing.)

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Yes, of course. What I meant was that you can’t just type the native superiors in Word or whatever. In a page-layout application like InDesign you can set a preference to apply them (and small caps) automatically, but Word doesn’t offer that, so you’d have to do something cumbersome. I use PopChar to access out-of-the-way characters, but a keystroke is so much easier.

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mythopoetica, to academiccommunity
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Hello Masto!

Monday was okay-ish with some really super okay bits.

The super okay bits:

(1) One article accepted subject to some revisions (phew!).
(2) !! So I shot my shot a couple of weeks back and asked a memory scholar I admire if she'd be keynote for my Memory studies seminar. She said yes this morning! This will be great not just for me but my PhD supervisees who are working on with me.
(3) Got my meds from the hospital (tiring long drive though) and this marks the first time I've been there since injury without using a cane. Another milestone.
(4) First class of the semester went okay, despite a couple of technical hitches. Lovely students! And I had sufficient brainspace later to do event organising for the creative writing workshop (secured a as guest speaker) plus work on another article.

Guess that's it. I crash now.

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@mythopoetica

Well done you.

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theautisticcoach, to actuallyautistic
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I am a socialist. A Marxist. A long standing member of the PCF, DSA, and the UK Labour Party. I’m a trade unionist in the CGT.

I’m a fierce internationalist & anti-colonialist.

I’m also a Jew. Moreover, I am an Israeli.

In my religious community I’ve been questioned and doubted more times than I can count about my commitment to my faith due to my political beliefs. I’ve been called a self-hating Jew.

In my national community I’ve been called a traitor. A spy. An aide to those who would kill us.

Conversely, on the left I’ve been called a Zionist pig. A spy. Not a real leftist. A colonizer.

To many on the Jewish right I’m an antisemite and a race traitor.

To my comrades on the left I am an apologist for Israel.

Alienated everywhere.

The past 24 hours have been most disturbing. For those Palestinians facing yet another horrible day of occupation and death AND to Israelis facing a shocking of chaos and death.

I live abroad and don’t face any danger to my life. I am not a victim and this thread shouldn’t be seen as such. Simply sharing my feelings.

Many will reply here and call me a self-hating Jew and a traitor, again.

Others will call me an apologist for Israel.

Days like this show me why I’m so lonely. Not welcome in my religious community, my national one, or my political one.

The Eternal Jew.

People love to say autistic people don’t understand nuance. I’ve been accused of this my entire life.

But the reality is, I get nuance. I’ve fought for a better place my entire life. And still do.

But it’s most of you casual onlookers who don’t get nuance.

And to my fellow committed Jews on the Left, I see you so so so very much.

We are not alone. Our values as leftists and as Jews make us who we are. We fight for the change we want NEED in this world.

We won’t allow bigots to push us out.

Solidarity ❤️💙✊🏼🌹✡️

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@theautisticcoach

Solidarity.

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mythopoetica, to academiccommunity
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In case you're wondering when is coming out, I'm wondering too. 😕

I'm barely keeping my head above water here. I'm doing all I can to ensure I avoid the exit policy owing to no grants and no publications. But I'm informed it's if it's three years in a row. So hopefully next year will be okay given how much submitting I'm doing right now. At least admin (both my centre and Faculty) are really sympathetic and supportive of me and my health condition/disability situation.

It's the hardcoded rules that are 🙃 -- they've completely mechanised and gamefied work evals. Which makes it hard to concentrate on bringing out my debut novel -- but I tell myself it also counts as a publication for the system. At 0.05 marks. 🙃

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@mythopoetica

Holding you in the light.

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CandaceRobbAuthor, to writingcommunity
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In the NYT:
"When [Lauren] Groff starts something new, she writes it out longhand in large spiral notebooks. After she completes a first draft, she puts it in a bankers box — and never reads it again. Then she’ll start the book over, still in longhand, working from memory. The idea is that this way, only the best, most vital bits survive."
Fascinating. I love reading about processes.
Gifting the article: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/09/books/lauren-groff-vaster-wilds.html?unlocked_article_code=-tGrasNshvNep96PQaA9lwuYglb2t9tnJQ7S2nMYk6phEfJb7i8VZuFCw2gEpQKKzRh1eDmZv0nhJrWkHK9nghHxyozg6ch1H3r6VLEq7YAUCsSNBszNH7ndezME2J2DAS7Fm3New_VJjnBZEHpWL7G0uD5p5_P3nNW4GX_YG0u50KglMPXKKhUes0IsqbWEWi-SWsal8NCHwkkSS169qHCU_NDq2Ps47JavJDlGVfksQh5f2XEqNO97a3VhJ2SqGF5NdJ3lje6N_I2Z8DlerpyXDmtzcOneImLBKbstZuVB9uHXGT540KVVdZDo5TGzvvdWKW1QYTr8yWHx-zEVVZI&smid=url-share
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The classic mystery writer Margery Allingham worked in a similar way: after writing out her first draft, she would dictate it to an amanuensis, revising as she went, to ensure that it sounded right.

gonzalo, to academicchatter
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Hi, @hello, what would you say is best to refer to an article that has been admitted, reviewed, returned, and waiting for the journal to be published: forthcoming or in press?

For context, I work in a languages department in the US. And I have seen different ways of using “forthcoming,” from an accepted paper to a simply drafted project.
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@gonzalo @hello @academicchatter
I would say something isn’t “forthcoming” until it’s been accepted; before that it’s “in preparation”. And it isn’t “in press” until it’s been passed from the copy-editor to the typesetter (I work as both, formerly often on the same project).

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@mythopoetica @womencomposers @composers @classicalmusic @contemporarymusic
I love Tailleferre. She doesn’t get the recognition she deserves.

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I got into Tailleferre through her songs. Then I discovered the rest…

litteracarolina, to random
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As part of #PalaeographySchool23, we'll be using the MUFI Unicode specifications for transcription. I've created a spreadsheet of the codes, divided by category, which will be added to by the students. If others will find this useful, I can make it publicly available at the end.

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Thank you!

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@abolisyonista @academicchatter @taoish
As others have said, ask the author if you can. If you can’t, my advice would be: lived name out of respect, but add [published as deadname] so readers can find the item.

In the less sensitive matter of an author who changed their surname on marriage, I have cited “Jennifer Bernard (now Merkowitz)”, referring thereafter to “Bernard” since that’s how the article was published.

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@abolisyonista @academicchatter @taoish
I should have added: Marital surnames can be a minefield. I know one woman who started publishing under her father’s surname (maiden name), then adopted her first husband’s for publication, then her second husband’s, finally reverting to her father’s. I never dreamt of asking my academic wife to adopt my surname. (In fact we agreed that sons, if we had them, would take mine and daughters hers, and in the event we had only daughters.)

aaronm, to medievodons
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Medievalists: You see, Thomas Aquinas' ideas were so complex and revolutionary that he couldn't slow down to write clearly. That's why his handwriting is notoriously terrible
Humanists: So his bad handwriting means his ideas are the best?
M: Yup!
H: So just below Pico della Mirandola.... 😎
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(From Ott.lat.607 f.1r)

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@aaronm @medievodons
In my opinion, Pico’s writing is easier to read than Aquinas’. It has been seriously argued that the distinctive characteristics of Aquinas’ hand indicate that he was left-handed…

aaronm, to medievodons
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Is using a 'z' as an abbreviation sign something seen commonly? This source, Capp.sist.163 is the first place I've seen it.
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Yes, I’m sure that’s right. (This MS is an old friend; I worked with it in person in 1980–82.)

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