Tag Archives: marginalia

Ex libris

Posted on April 19, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

Libraries are living institutions, and that’s as unerringly true whether they’re public lenders or personal collections. In either case they’re bound to grow, as long as people care enough to nurture them. But they retract, too. Or shed, you might … Continue reading →

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History in the margins

Posted on April 12, 2015 by editor, facilitator, decider

It might be the bane of librarians, but after a certain interval marginalia becomes history itself. In this case the tome is the Black Book of Carmarthen (so named for its distinctive black binding), and as the oldest known manuscript … Continue reading →

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Book Detective: marginalia

Posted on May 30, 2011 by editor, facilitator, decider

Marginalia. Librarians, archivists and some collectors consider it vandalism. Marginalia are the comments, asides, underlining and bizarre streams of consciousness that wind up inked or penciled into the margins of books over the hopefully long course of their lives. I … Continue reading →

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