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Sam Brown

@samuscript.bsky.social

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Part-producer, part-historian, 100% in the archives. PhDing at UCL on Arabic in England pre-1635. Northerner. Learner gardener. Human 🦜 perch. www.lifeandotherstories.co.uk

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Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣 Exciting Bedwell news 📣 I’m thrilled to have assisted with a new exhibition at Bruce Castle Museum, ‘Getting the Measure of William Bedwell: Maths, Measurement and the Arabic World’. Top tip: pair your visit with a walk around the corner to see his church for full WB/early modern Tottenham vibes.

Signage at the exhibition, hung on a light green wall. The title 'Getting the Measure of William Bedwell' is in the foreground.

A close up picture of the contents of a display case: an early modern document, churchwardens accounts, with signatures at the bottom. A label next to the manuscript enlarges part of the text, which is William Bedwell's signature

Me looking happy by one of the signs. I'm wearing a white vest top and black trousers.

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 26d

Here’s @drallotment.bsky.social & @mattsymonds.bsky.social talking about EBDO, @fredschurink.bsky.social talking about CEBEME, and @annalujz.bsky.social who has been instrumental to both projects, on our final DH panel. Very excited to play with both data sets over the coming weeks! #BuiltWithBooks

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 26d

Here is Ted Simonds from @lampallib.bsky.social talking about
Sion College Library’s donors. His research is piecing together stories of people & books, both on & off the pages of the Book of Benefactors, and emphasised (for me!) how much bookish networks overlapped in the period. #BuiltWithBooks

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 26d

Here is Joe Nankivell from @tcdlibrary.bsky.social talking about his very exciting project to digitally reconstruct the library of François Fagel. I think everyone in the audience left eager to play with his website, & wondering whether they could make their own digital bookshelves… #BuiltWithBooks

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 26d

Here is @biblioraphic.bsky.social talking about evidence of how the Cotton Library was bound (red, green, blue, black, ancient and archival bindings!). There are Cotton MSS in my own research, so I’m very excited to learn more from Raphaëlle/ask her millions of questions #BuiltWithBooks

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 26d

So pleased you enjoyed it Matilda, hope our paths cross again soon!

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 27d

Here is @ellenwerner.bsky.social giving a fantastic paper about two Manchester apothecaries whose reading she is tracing through their books at @chethamslibrary.bsky.social. I obviously love early modern books and reading, but as a northerner myself, I find Ellen’s research particularly satisfying!

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 27d

I had put *far* too much time into designing the programmes and conference bookmarks (zero regrets). As we prepared for people to arrive on day one we were tracking the printing order via FedEx. Cannot describe the relief and excitement I felt opening this box during the first panel… #BuiltWithBooks

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 27d

I didn’t take many photos but here are a few... If you were there, do share any you have in the thread too! ⬇️ #BuiltWithBooks

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 27d

I have thesis books in Chetham’s and parents not far from Manchester so I will definitely let you know if I’m around! Also, I know your whole supervisory team and they are amazing, you’re going to have such a good time.

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 27d

Such exciting news, welcome to the UK - if you’re ever in London and fancy a coffee let me know!

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 27d

And day 2 of #BuiltWithBooks was also a joy (so much so that I’ve spent most of today recovering from the excitement!). Thank you to all our speakers and attendees for making it a huge success - cake and merch for the win, but nothing beats a room full of interesting, generous book historians.

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 28d

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Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 28d

Ah this would be amazing thank you, would love to hear whatever you know about Arabic books! And thank you for very kind words, I’m so pleased it went well and we all had such a good time!

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 28d

And what an EXCELLENT paper it was - so excited to play with the tools and pester you with questions about using all the data (apologies in advance…)

Anna-Lujz Gilbert @annalujz.bsky.social · 29d

Day two of the Built With Books conference @livesandletters.bsky.social ! My paper this afternoon will be for demonstrating how the EBDO and CEBEME datasets can be used to find old and second-hand books in early modern England

Photo of Built with Books conference poster

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 28d

I have such a big duplicate/used books/daybook rabbit hole to go down now, thank you!

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 29d

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Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 29d

Such a fantastic first day at our @livesandletters.bsky.social Built with Books symposium. Heading home to finish my paper (😅) full of ideas and excited for day two. #BuiltWithBooks #EarlyModern #BookHistory

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · 29d

I *loved* the mummy and the pirates, and the whole paper!

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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · Aug 27

apparently my book comes out in September, wow, preorder it for all your library and intellectual history needs, stay for the section on Paradise Lost and John Ray's herbals, or the story of George Psalmanazar, my favourite early modern scammer www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

www.cambridge.org

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · Aug 20

It's scheduled to stay open until the spring! Hoorah!

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · Aug 20

📣 Exciting Bedwell news 📣 I’m thrilled to have assisted with a new exhibition at Bruce Castle Museum, ‘Getting the Measure of William Bedwell: Maths, Measurement and the Arabic World’. Top tip: pair your visit with a walk around the corner to see his church for full WB/early modern Tottenham vibes.

Signage at the exhibition, hung on a light green wall. The title 'Getting the Measure of William Bedwell' is in the foreground.

A close up picture of the contents of a display case: an early modern document, churchwardens accounts, with signatures at the bottom. A label next to the manuscript enlarges part of the text, which is William Bedwell's signature

Me looking happy by one of the signs. I'm wearing a white vest top and black trousers.

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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · Jun 30

hello. if you work at a university please ask your library to buy my book. it is all about books and libraries and also plants, museums, the Royal Society, and the ways we learn. I think it will be interesting to lots of people, hopefully. thank you www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

www.cambridge.org

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Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>> @caitcoker.bsky.social · Jun 18

Signalboosting this CFP!

Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies

Call for ContributorsThe Routledge Companion to Book StudiesEdited by Michael Durrant and Cynthia Johnston Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · Jun 19

My original thought was that it began Ahmad b. Ahmad so this is very helpful (and somewhat validating), thank you!

Sam Brown @samuscript.bsky.social · Jun 19

Yes, yes it is