Stephanie J Lahey, PhD

@SJLahey
1.5K Followers
370 Following
1.8K Posts
Mark Andrews Fellow in #BookScience, Old Books New Science Lab, University of Toronto · Cataloguer of #MedievalManuscripts for the rare books trade · olim: Cambridge University Library & Girton College, University of Toronto CMS, University of Victoria, Universiteit Leiden, Université d’Ottawa · Research: #MedievalManuscripts #BookScience #BookHistory #Codicology #Palaeography #Quant #Statistics #DigitalHumanities #Parchment 📜🔬📚📊🇨🇦
#BookHistodons (Book History)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T-IUl72xlbEcaclP7TUA8kgrhDTVSrMwwsi5iIIfsow/edit?usp=sharing
#Medievodons (Medieval Studies)https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10OdDb5R0u-IQ331Xpom6X6fsArdJvXFt1X5K2dLudhU/edit?usp=sharing
Stephanie J Lahey, PhDApr 5

Curators Examined the Book of the Dead—& Found a 3,300-Year-Old Version of Wite-Out: Upon digital & infrared inspection, the team discovered the use of ancient correction fluid to trim a drawing on one of the illustrated spells
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a70738155/book-of-the-dead-wite-out/

@bookhistodons

Curators Examined the Book of the Dead—and Found a 3,300-Year-Old Version of Wite-Out

Upon digital and infrared inspection, the team discovered the use of ancient correction fluid to trim a drawing on one of the illustrated spells.

Popular Mechanics
Stephanie J Lahey, PhDApr 5
A successful egg-hunt?
#Easter #MedievalManuscripts #Manuscripts
@bookhistodons @medievodons
Stephanie J Lahey, PhDJan 27
John OverholtOct 26
There’s lots of nice book history in this video of the recently refurbished Spaceship Earth ride at EPCOT Center, but I must protest that Gutenberg should not be standing in front of a stack of bound volumes—before the industrialization of printing in the 19th century, buyers largely received unbound sheets and took them to their own binder. https://youtu.be/nnt5jYvY62c?si=G5oewMFy_8R_UUjK
Stephanie J Lahey, PhDOct 20, 2025
LES bookstore Bluestockings, which served Narcan & radical reads, shutting down | Gothamist
#books #bookstores 📚
https://gothamist.com/arts-entertainment/les-bookstore-bluestockings-which-served-narcan-and-radical-reads-shutting-down
LES bookstore Bluestockings, which served Narcan and radical reads, shutting down

The owners say mounting financial troubles and a lack of consensus on next steps prompted the closure.

Gothamist
Stephanie J Lahey, PhDOct 8, 2025

Medieval Libraries of Great Britain is back!
📚🥳📜 #MedievalManuscripts

https://mlgb.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/

Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

Medieval Libraries of Great Britain

Stephanie J Lahey, PhDAug 21, 2025
Just gave my first keynote.
(It went well—and was fun. 🙂🤓)
#BookHistory #BookScience #MedievalManuscripts
Stephanie J Lahey, PhDJun 2, 2025
John OverholtMay 31, 2025
Cambridge’s Newnham College has digitized a lifetime manuscript of a work by Christine de Pizan, the earliest professional female writer in Europe. https://specialcollections-blog.lib.cam.ac.uk/?p=30146
Stephanie J Lahey, PhDJun 1, 2025

#HappyBirthday to Lester Lawrence ‘Larry’ Lessig III (b. 1961), American legal scholar & political activist, & founder of Creative Commons @creativecommons 🎈🎂

@[email protected]

Stephanie J Lahey, PhDJun 1, 2025
Welcome to June.
In this month, in 1749, settlers heading to Halifax, Nova Scotia with Cornwallis incl. Herbert Jefferie, printer, & Thomas Blackwell, bookbinder. Whether they carried type & other equipment is unclear. The 2 may have continued on to Boston, yet it’s possible Jefferie briefly worked in Halifax. If so, he could be Canada’s first printer—an honour usually bestowed upon Bartholomew Green Jr.
#books #BookHistory #typography #CdnHist 📚 📜
@bookhistodons @histodons
Stephanie J Lahey, PhDMay 10, 2025

#RIP Greg Cannom
#horror

https://www.fangoria.com/greg-cannom-dead-at-74/

Oscar-Winning SFX Makeup Legend Greg Cannom Dead at 74

Oscar-winning special effects makeup legend Greg Cannom, responsible for the effects behind films like THE LOST BOYS, has passed away.

FANGORIA