Notices by John Overholt (overholt@glammr.us)

A 1648 bibliography of works on the Virgin Mary, with a delightful frontispiece depicting authors offering their works to her. (I’m thinking about a possible future exhibition on books depicted within books, and this would be perfect.) #newacquisition #newacq

An absolutely astonishing piece of historical detection that has rewritten our understanding an 18th century portrait of one of the most learned Black men of the period. Works best I think in this lecture video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZEAiXl6hNY Also available as an LRB article: https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/fara-dabhoiwala/a-man-of-parts-and-learning via @metafilter

The Rosenbach is one of a number of libraries working on projects to revise their cataloging to give names to women formerly only identified as “Mrs. [Husband]” https://rosenbach.org/blog/the-portrait-of-a-lady-reparative-cataloging-at-the-rosenbach/

Now I am become De’Ath, tailor of clothes.

Today I Learned: actor Harry Hamlin markets a “open source” pasta sauce. https://harrysfamous.com/pages/about

I did not expect to suddenly discover that I had gotten too *old* for PBS.

If you ask me “How are you?” this week be prepared for a substantive answer.

15th century block books, printed entirely from woodblocks rather than type, are rare—about 650 examples survive. Rarer still is one that’s lived for five and a half centuries in its original binding. https://rylandscollections.com/2024/11/02/incunabula-cataloguing-project-viii-blockbooks-part-2-its-the-apocalypse-again-and-the-paupers-bible/

Spending Harvard’s money at the book fair.

@pluralistic I'm also a 53 year old man with a family history of cancer, and this was really useful and interesting to read. Thanks for your willingness to talk so specifically about what you’re experiencing and I hope you get all the care you need.

Since I trust you won’t cross the picket line to play Wordle while NYT’s tech workers are on strike, may I suggest instead you try out @ironicsans ‘s delightful Gisnep? It’s a daily word puzzle where you reconstruct a quotation from its component letters. https://gisnep.com

Two-color letterpress printing is done in two passes, requiring perfect alignment between the first impression for the text inked in black, and that for the red. Or, you know, not. https://nrs.lib.harvard.edu/urn-3:fhcl.hough:104715412?n=7

These 1920s workplace motivational posters are especially fun if you read them in Mr. Burns’s voice. Now get back to work before I call in the Pinkertons! https://digital.hagley.org/AVD_1973_418?f%5B0%5D=hagley_subject_names%3A%22Mather%5C%20%26%5C%20Company%22

Welcome to my new search engine All The Words You Searched For which either returns results that contain all the words you searched for or says that there are no results that contain all the words you searched for.

"Roughly 25 Harvard professors conducted a silent study-in at Widener Library on Wednesday to protest the library’s decision to temporarily ban pro-Palestine students who held a similar demonstration last month.

During the study-in, Securitas guards recorded the participants’ names and Harvard ID numbers and distributed sheets of paper warning of possible penalties under the University’s January protest guidelines."

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2024/10/17/harvard-faculty-protest-in-widener-library/

“Essential Ingredients: Cookbooks as History” is a new online exhibition from Ohio State. I had no idea the first edition of The Joy of Cooking had such an amazing cover!
https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/b00f960520484eae9758aac6edfb8ec0

Trattato degli Studi delle Donne, a 1740 work defending the ability of women to master even the most difficult academic disciplines, yet recommending that they be educated only in subjects related to their domestic duties.
#NewAcquisition #NewAcq

Today I Learned https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasier_(lion)

Absolutely breathtaking levels of 70sness

It is an absolutely glorious day to have a few free hours to stroll around midtown Manhattan. (Mindful of the date however I’m being careful to edge around the sidewalk grates.