Feature of the month: Cocker's Decimal Arithmetic
This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books
published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four
folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the final
book in the series, the third of three books featured
from 1685.
1 Dec 2016
Feature of the Month: Blome's Art of Heraldry
This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books
published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four
folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. Blome's The Art of
Heraldry is the second of three books featured from
1685.
1 Nov 2016
Feature of the month: The state of art in 1685
This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books
published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four
folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the first
of three books to feature from 1685.
3 Oct 2016
Collaborations - Shakespeare Metamorphosis
Sound Artist in Residence, Hannah Thompson, discusses
some of the audio work she was involved in during the
Shakespeare: Metamorphosis exhibition season.
17 Sep 2016
Shakespeare's Handwriting
A look at the surving examples of Shakespare's
handwriting and E.M. Thompson's palaeographical study
of his signatures and the manuscript of the play Sir
Thomas More
1 Sep 2016
Feature of the month: Gervase Markham on good husbandry
In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the
quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare.
This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books
published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four
folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the third
of three books featured from 1664.
31 Aug 2016
Feature of the month: seventeenth-century prophecies
Continuing our series of Shakespeare-themed Features
of the Month, Dr Karen Attar takes a look at a book
published in the same year as the Third Folio - 1664.
1 Aug 2016
Much ado about someone
Annalisa Ricciardi discusses her experience as the
‘Shakespeare Project’ cataloguer at Senate House
Library.
26 Jul 2016
Shakespeare's First Folio
In this guest blog post, Professor Emma Smith takes a
close look at Shakespeare’s First Folio, and examines
why it has become such a prestigious and
world-renowned artefact.
20 Jul 2016
Shakespeare’s changing world in Senate House Library
Research Librarian, Jordan Landes discusses
Shakespeare's relationship with the Atlantic world,
and the ways in which European colonial activity
helped to shape his plays.
14 Jul 2016
Shakespeare and Walking
Shakespeare used the idea of walking in many of his
plays. In this post, Jordan Landes takes a stroll
through the Bard’s use of the word, and the many
different meanings of “walking” for Shakespearean
characters.
7 Jul 2016
Feature of the Month: Thomas Killigrew's Comedies and Tragedies
Continuing our series of Shakespeare-themed Features
of the Month, Dr Karen Attar takes a look inside
Thomas Killigrew's edition of Comedies and Tragedies
(1664).
1 Jul 2016
Translating Henry VI
In this guest blog post, Line Cottegnies discusses the
highlights and challenges of translating Shakespeare's
work into French.
29 Jun 2016
Forget the "A" Team, meet the "Bee" Team
To Bee Theatre Company are group of students from The
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama who are
working with Senate House Library for the 400th
anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. In this guest blog
they tell us more about their story and the workshops
they will be running as part of the Shakespeare:
Metamorphosis season.
8 Jun 2016
Feature of the month: John Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia
In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the
quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare.
This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books
published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four
folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the final
book featured for 1632, John Smith's The Generall
Historie of Virginia.
1 Jun 2016
French Crown-Colour Bard
Ahead of the Shakespeare in French Study Day, Dr
Dominic Glynn explores the Bard's popularity across
the Channel.
4 May 2016
Feature of the month: Randle Cotgrave's French dictionary
In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the
quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare.
This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books
published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four
folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. This is the second
book to feature from 1632.
3 May 2016
Collecting Shakespeare at the University of London
Following her free lecture on the subject, Dr Karen
Attar reflects on Shakespeare collection at Senate
House Library.
25 Apr 2016
The Making, Framing and Translating of Shakespeare, the German National Poet
Andrea Meyer Ludowisy takes a look at Germany’s
fascination with The Bard, charting Shakespeare’s
history in the country against the collections at
Senate House Library.
20 Apr 2016
‘a bwa a bwa a bwa BOOM!’: Kerouac on Shakespeare
Dr Richard Espley takes a look back at the time the
Beats met the Bard.
13 Apr 2016
Feature of the Month: Foure Prentises
In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685. From April until June, 1632 features.
1 Apr 2016
Feature of the Month: a Saxon Treatise in 1623
In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685.
A Saxon Treatise Concerning the Old and New Testament
Aelfric
London: J. Haviland for H. Seile, 1623
[E.M.W.] 012 (SR)
1 Mar 2016
Metamorphosis
This year, Senate House Library will commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with a season of activities running from 14 April to 17 September. This includes a free onsite exhibition, a programme of events, and a website that provides rich digital content as well as research resources.
19 Feb 2016
Feature of the Month: fatal vesper at Blackfriars
In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios. This is the second book featured that was published in the same year as the First Folio, 1623.
1 Feb 2016
Feature of the Month: Arithmetic Made Easy
In 2016 Senate House Library is commemorating the quartercentenary of the death of William Shakespeare. This year’s Features of the Month celebrate books published in the same year as Shakespeare’s first four folios: 1623, 1632, 1664 and 1685.
4 Jan 2016