mssprovenance

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Freelance researcher & cataloguer of medieval manuscripts.
User of Open Source software.
Personal site: manuscripts.org.uk
Blog: mssprovenance.blogspot.com

#medieval #manuscripts #cataloguing #illuminatedManuscripts #provenance #Oxford

Having enjoyed the first, I am now reading the second volume of Brian Sewell's autobiography. It includes these startling details about Antoine Seilern:

#PigPassenger

Last weekend I resumed blogging, and have written another post today; I hope to maintain a weekly schedule.

The two new posts concern illuminated leaves from the collections of Victor Goldschmidt and Count Stroganoff.

https://mssprovenance.blogspot.com/

Oh, this is just pathetic!

Parce que j'ai la mémoire longue et la rancune tenace, j'ai googlé #receptiogate

La célèbre professoressa Rossi a fait un gros boulot SEO pour que ça renvoie à son site dédié qui chronique avec créativité ce qu'elle considère comme son martyre aux mains d'un obscur blogueur (qui a quand même des fellowships de la Bodleian, je veux bien être obscure comme ça) et d'une horde de jaloux.
https://www.receptiogate.org/

ReceptioGate Official

The official archive of the ReceptioGate affair: evidence, publications, legal actions, and the campaign of defamation against Prof. Carla Rossi.

RECEPTIOGATE

Another post about:
**"Why it’s time to leave Academia.edu**"
https://substack.com/home/post/p-174174508

(In a word: enshittification)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

Why it’s time to leave Academia.edu

Why I'm deleting my account

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