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14 March 2013
by Kathleen Lynch
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Peeking behind the locked door

Another sede vacante has come and gone. With the wall-to-wall coverage of contemporary media, this one made witnesses of us all. Or at least, the coverage let us witness the events outside the conclave and to share our speculation about … Continue reading →

Categories: art, Folger Institute | Tags: Church ceremony, conclave, maps, Rome, sede vacente | Permalink

14 June 2012
by Heather Wolfe and Kathleen Lynch
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Pew-hopping in St. Margaret’s Church

Manuscripts of unusual shapes and sizes are always fun to investigate, and we recently had the opportunity to reevaluate a particularly large and interesting one, a ca. 1600 “pew plan” written on a piece of parchment (Folger MS X.d.395), in … Continue reading →

Categories: exhibitions, manuscripts | Tags: multi-spectral imaging, pew plan | Permalink

7 November 2011
by Kathleen Lynch
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Remember, Remember, the Fifth of November

Last week, while flipping through a magazine (sorry, I don’t recall which one, but you probably all read the same stuff I do), my attention was caught by a photo of two people wearing what I immediately recognized as Guy … Continue reading →

Categories: Folger Institute, programs | Permalink

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