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“What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?”: May 2016

April 26, 2016 | By The Collation

Here’s a mystery of the Crocodile manner for May. The text shown in this image is one piece of a larger whole, but the question is what is it and how does it relate to the whole? As always, post your comments and thoughts below. We’ll be back with clarifying information next week.… Continue Reading

“What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?”: January 2016

December 29, 2015 | By The Collation

This month’s mystery raises the question of illustration technique, taking a portrait of Céline Celeste as Katherine in Shakespeare’s Henry V as an example. What makes this picture unusual, technically speaking? Please share your thoughts, guesses, New Year’s greetings, etc.,  using the “Leave a reply” box at the end of this post. Check back next week for the full story.… Continue Reading

“What manner o’thing is your crocodile?” December 2015

December 1, 2015 | By The Collation

It’s a new month and you know what that means! Mystery time! We’re sure this month’s mystery image won’t be hard for our intrepid and knowledgeable readers to track down. Ah, but finding out more than the title of the associated book? That’s where the real mystery begins… As always, comment here with your thoughts and observations of this image, and come back next week for a more detailed exploration of the subject at hand.… Continue Reading
Gail Paster Reading Room

Welcome to The Collation’s new look

November 9, 2015 | By The Collation

The Folger’s blog renovations are done! The Collation now has a new look and a new tag line, but the same enthusiastic commitment to research and exploration at the Folger (which is now spelled out as such in the tag line). It’s not hugely different from what we had before: the colors are still red, white, and black; the title banner still stretches across the top;  and the books on our shelf haven’t changed (though the image has been cropped differently).… Continue Reading

Please pardon the dust

October 27, 2015 | By The Collation

It is nearly the end of another month, so we’re sure most of you are expecting another intriguing Crocodile Mystery. However, this month we are going to be taking a very brief hiatus while we do some fall cleaning, and implement some updates on both the front and back end of this blog! But never fear, we expect to be back with our regularly scheduled posts sometime next week.… Continue Reading
Construction of the reading room

“What manner o’ thing is your crocodile?”: October 2015

September 30, 2015 | By The Collation

Here’s your crocodile mystery for October! As you can probably guess, the text below is only one line of a larger collection item. What kind of thing is the whole item an example of, and why is it in our collection? As always, post your comments and thoughts below, and we’ll be back with an explanation next week.… Continue Reading