Vincent
vincente.bsky.social
Vincent
@vincente.bsky.social
Research MA at Leiden University; working on social networks and book circulation in the late Ottoman Empire
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It is difficult to know how to go about explaining to students that this series was named—in 2015!—for a member of the Nazi Party who was writing things like: 2/3
November 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Thank you for your comment!
November 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Thank you Anwar!
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Thank you Marinos!
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 AM
November 16, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Hier noch eine gute Anekdote zu den inventories aus einer Essaysammlung von Witkam
October 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
October 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
And the twentieth century adds some additional interesting layers (Witkam, Inventory vol. 15, 95):
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Another wonderful book by Kreiser is his introduction to Istanbul based on Ottoman sources:
October 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
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I'm feeling a new love for a clumsy sentence or a misspelled word. I imagine a human on the other end. Doing their own typing, like the old days.

I'm thinking about styles of writing that might emerge from this-- analogues to a guacamole I once saw advertised as "hand hacked" at a fancy restaurant.
October 1, 2025 at 3:05 AM