Erik Kwakkel

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Professor of Book History and Director, School of Information (#iSchool) at #UBC, Vancouver, but opinions my own. He/Him. Into medieval #manuscripts and #paleography big time, but love #typography and a good typeface too. I blog infrequently at medieval books.nl. Let's keep this a #SafeSpace.
Info/contact/pubs pagehttps://ischool.ubc.ca/profile/erik-kwakkel/
This is what I dohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP7_gU4wI0g
Learn about medieval books (Kahn Academyhttps://tinyurl.com/47d8k8rd
Bloghttps://medievalbooks.nl
Erik KwakkelNov 17, 2024
Hello all - I have moved to Bluesky (erikkwakkel), hope to see you there.
Erik KwakkelJan 24, 2023
Allie AlvisJan 24, 2023
Some green books are hiding a toxic secret: arsenic ☠️ Learn about what book historians and conservators know about arsenical books, and what to do if you have a green book (hint: don’t panic!) in the new episode of #BiteSizedBookHistory 📗 https://youtu.be/Z51mQPqqOuo
Poison Books?! Arsenic Green! | Bite Sized Book History

YouTube
Erik KwakkelJan 7, 2023
Anna DorofeevaJan 7, 2023

RT @[email protected]

The Panizzi Lectures are now available to view via the BL's YouTube channel! Many thanks to @[email protected] for sponsoring the streaming and recording. Jeffrey Hamburger's three lectures on diagrams can be found via the links at the foot of this page: https://www.bl.uk/projects/panizzi-lectures

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/BLprintheritage/status/1610946050117738496

The Panizzi Lectures

The Panizzi Lectures are a series of annual lectures based on original research by an eminent scholar of the book.

The British Library
Erik KwakkelJan 7, 2023

Recuperating after a surprisingly busy first week back on campus. Even before classes start, things have ramped up. It is typical for university life in the last week of December - get those last things done - but seems to have spilled over into the new year. Get those first things done!

#Vancouver #UBC #Pallet

Erik KwakkelJan 7, 2023

‘A very street library thing’: in praise of sharing books with strangers https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/08/a-very-street-library-thing-in-praise-of-sharing-books-with-strangers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

#littlelibrary #streetLibrary

‘A very street library thing’: in praise of sharing books with strangers

From chance encounters with neighbours to the 1970 Australian Women’s Weekly Cookbook, a weekly trip to the street library is a special kind of joy

The Guardian
Erik KwakkelJan 6, 2023
mssprovenanceJan 4, 2023
This #ReceptioGate article is interesting because it considers wider issues for scholars, research, and academia: https://thecritic.co.uk/receptiogate-and-the-absolute-state-of-academia/
#ReceptioGate and the (absolute) state of academia | Charlotte Gauthier | The Critic Magazine

Forget the Christmas panto — the most hilariously bizarre show in town this holiday season has got to be #ReceptioGate. Our story begins with Peter Kidd, a researcher specialising in medieval…

The Critic Magazine
Erik KwakkelJan 6, 2023
Anna DorofeevaJan 6, 2023

This medieval parchment hole was cut to be shaped like a fish or an elongated capital Greek omega; then a flap was added around the 14th or 15th century, and the following words written on it in Middle French:

Moult deust bien tallier soller
Qui ci me sot si bien enter

Can someone out there translate this? A quick google search hasn't helped.

From this manuscript: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8452617d/f74#

Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque de Valenciennes. Recueil de quelques vies de saints

Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque de Valenciennes. Recueil de quelques vies de saints -- 0901-1000 -- manuscrits

Gallica
Erik KwakkelJan 3, 2023
Michael MecklerJan 3, 2023

@histodons @medievodons @archaeodons
@folklore

CFP: Celtic Studies Association of North America annual meeting, to be held virtually 16-19 March 2023. Papers in all areas of Celtic studies are welcome, including linguistics, history, archaeology, folklore, diaspora studies, and medieval and modern literature.

Send abstracts of ca 300 words to Joseph F. Eska at [email protected] with
'SURNAME + CSANA Abstract' in the subject line by Friday 6 January.

#CelticStudies #Cymraeg #Gaeilge #Brezhoneg

Erik KwakkelJan 2, 2023
mssprovenanceJan 2, 2023
If you are on Twitter you'll have seen that I have mostly stepped back from the ongoing controversy about #RECEPTIOGate
It seems that responding to accusations is wasted effort, as Team RECEPTIO just invent new accusations each time! I'm also being more circumspect about what I say publicly, but I do try to respond (privately) to all emails and DMs.
Erik KwakkelJan 2, 2023
mssprovenanceJan 2, 2023
@erik_kwakkel suggested that I introduce myself.
I've mainly worked in the library and museum world, but have been freelance since 2006.
There's a bio on my page here: http://manuscripts.org.uk/
I blog at https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/ to share observations/discoveries that are not worth the time and effort that traditional academic publishing would require.
I like to think that I am an approachable and friendly introvert, but as one good friend once observed, I have "a low bullshit-tolerance threshold"!
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