Ice-schoklis Icicles from a gargolye on Washington National Cathedral, detail. Photo by Linda Davidson (Washington Post, 2014) Our thoughts turn to ice and icicles in various forms these days, especially on the…

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My first Shakespeare play was a #FolgerLibrary edition at Junior High School 104 #Baruch #NYC

#HenryVIII_2025 #TheTempest_2025

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To the Folger Library tonight for a play, A ROOM IN THE CASTLE by Lauren Gunderson. It fits into the spaces in HAMLET: Queen Gertrude, Ophelia, and Ophelia's nurse Anna talk about the events of the original play, try to figure out what's wrong with Hamlet, and then how to keep themselves -- […]

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Would you like to read an excerpt? The book ranges from antiquity to the present. Here's a slice of #Renaissance history, excerpted in the #FolgerLibrary blog, Shakespeare and Beyond: 3/n www.folger.edu/blogs/shakes...

Printed digital images as part of the Folger’s display on the Shakespeare folios #folgerlibrary

My sister Kristin exposing my nephew to an Folger Library Shakespeare First Folio, at the Kansas City Library in 2016.

Polonius: What do you read, m'lord?

Hamlet: Words, words, words.

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The Tragedy of #Hamlet, Prince of Denmark [II, 2]
#YeyHamlet

@celticsinger.bsky.social exposing my nephew to an #FolgerLibrary Shakespeare First Folio, @kclibrary.bsky.social in 2016.

This must be the smallest Zodiac Man I've seen : 3cm tall. Beautiful wee pocket almanack at the #FolgerLibrary. 1577, in Dutch. 167-747q.

Displaying a custom collapsible rare book support covered with grey fabric, resting on brown felt, with bag weights.

A table with four independently adjustable desks, shown in a library setting. The rear left desk is lowered compared to the other three. In the front left desk, one can see power outlets. Each place has an adjustable office chair.

Features that I appreciate about the #FolgerLibrary, part 2. The custom book supports are a librarian's dream: adjustable, collapsible so they don't occupy as much space as traditional foam supports. The desks? Some are static, but here you can see one of the adjustable set-ups. Stand if you wish!

Laid out on a light wood desk in front of the edge of a laptop: a red pencil, a white eraser, a small clear plastic magnifying glass, a clear plastic ruler (5") a book bound in brown spotted leather similar in height to the ruler.

As a librarian, I pay attention to a lot more than the content and materiality of books and archives when I do research. I think about the extras a library offers that make things easier for researchers to do their job well.

Thank you, #FolgerLibrary!

The historian of science in me totally geeks out over this sort of thing.

#FolgerLibrary

A stone bas-relief enactment of the play Julius Caesar, who is killed to prevent him from becoming a tyrant. Caesar is sprawled at the feet of Brutus, who still clenches the knife used to stab him, while the other men in the conspiracy look on. Folger Shakespeare Library, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC (August 2024)

Another view of the dramatic fall of Julius Caesar, depicted in a stone bas-relief of Shakespeare’s play about the plot to assassinate Caesar. He is looking up at Brutus, who still holds the knife, as if to utter his dying words, “Et tu, Brute?” Folger Shakespeare Library, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. (August 2024)

One of many stone bas-reliefs showing the plays of Shakespeare. The tragedy Julius Caesar is about the conspiracy to kill Caesar to keep him from becoming a ‘dictator for life’. Caesar lies sprawled at the feet of Brutus, who still holds the knife, while three other men in the conspiracy are already to move on. The Folger Shakespeare Library is on Capitol Hill, right across from the Senate. Washington, DC (August 2024)

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Here’s my tribute to the Roman consul Julius Caesar. Shakespeare saw parallels between the political uncertainty of Caesar's time and Queen Elizabeth I's reign. He’d have had a field day with Trump’s power grab and the violence that followed. #FolgerLibrary #DC

Screenshot of cover of paperback version of Hamlet (from Amazon dot com).

Screenshot of dimensions of paperback version of Hamlet (from Amazon dot com).

Screenshot of Wikipedia article about the golden ratio.

Apropos of nothing…

Just realized that the #Shakespeare paperbacks from the #FolgerLibrary are in the shape of the #GoldenRatio.

6.75 divided by 4.19 equals 1.611

Very close to 1.618

Links: www.amazon.com/hamlet-folge...; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_...

Smelly things with actor's portraits, at the #FolgerLibrary: http://luna.folger.edu/luna/servlet/s/68z83c