Alex Wingate
@bibliowingate.bsky.social
PhD candidate in Information Science. #BookHistory of early modern Navarre (bookselling/private libraries), #DH, #DHmakes, libraries, rare books. Bibliography Editor for Chymistry of Isaac Newton & SHARP News.
W&M '18, ULondon '19, MLS @IU '21
W&M '18, ULondon '19, MLS @IU '21
Checking the editions, "kuhul" is on p. 8 the 1610 Artis auriferae and not on p. 8 of any of the others! The 1572 and 1593 editions were super unlikely (Newton has yet to ref. them), and Theatrum chemicum's p. 8 doesn't work. All this made possible by lack of re-issues and line-by-line reprints!
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Checking the editions, "kuhul" is on p. 8 the 1610 Artis auriferae and not on p. 8 of any of the others! The 1572 and 1593 editions were super unlikely (Newton has yet to ref. them), and Theatrum chemicum's p. 8 doesn't work. All this made possible by lack of re-issues and line-by-line reprints!
In Babson 416, the MS I'm working on right now, Newton is weirdly cagey. He puts page numbers down, but does not say to what work he's referring. So you have to sort of guess around his normal sources to see what would fit. For ex., this section has a lot of citations to the front of a source
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In Babson 416, the MS I'm working on right now, Newton is weirdly cagey. He puts page numbers down, but does not say to what work he's referring. So you have to sort of guess around his normal sources to see what would fit. For ex., this section has a lot of citations to the front of a source
It’s funny how your archival notes can take you back: “nasty dirt case with purple mold” 😂 I might have actually been given gloves for this one bc it was gross #BookHistory
(This is a will of a scribe who leaves some books to people)
(This is a will of a scribe who leaves some books to people)
November 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
It’s funny how your archival notes can take you back: “nasty dirt case with purple mold” 😂 I might have actually been given gloves for this one bc it was gross #BookHistory
(This is a will of a scribe who leaves some books to people)
(This is a will of a scribe who leaves some books to people)
A good night to have finished more of the blocks for my VA themed intellectual freedom quilt
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
A good night to have finished more of the blocks for my VA themed intellectual freedom quilt
And as neat (to me at least) is that they use the @ symbol in the 1680s, though they mean @ for "arroba" as 25 lbs versus anything to do with the internet! #BookHistory
October 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And as neat (to me at least) is that they use the @ symbol in the 1680s, though they mean @ for "arroba" as 25 lbs versus anything to do with the internet! #BookHistory
October 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I also wanna use this awesome mushroom fabric, but I don’t know if the color scheme works
October 14, 2025 at 12:50 AM
I also wanna use this awesome mushroom fabric, but I don’t know if the color scheme works
I think I should be able to count my ability to curate a quilt‘s worth of bug fabric without trying towards my collection development skills on CVs and cover letters 😂 And long-term planning, because this is for two quilts ahead of now
October 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I think I should be able to count my ability to curate a quilt‘s worth of bug fabric without trying towards my collection development skills on CVs and cover letters 😂 And long-term planning, because this is for two quilts ahead of now
Something has definitely gone wrong in Newton's alchemy citation when it leads you to a section on mules, eels, and trouts...
#BookHistory #HistSci
#BookHistory #HistSci
October 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Something has definitely gone wrong in Newton's alchemy citation when it leads you to a section on mules, eels, and trouts...
#BookHistory #HistSci
#BookHistory #HistSci
The best preliminary I've ever encountered:
A preface titled "Al tan ocioso que leyere este libro" aka "To the very lazy/leisurely that would read this book"
#BookHistory
books.google.com/books?id=-Bx...
A preface titled "Al tan ocioso que leyere este libro" aka "To the very lazy/leisurely that would read this book"
#BookHistory
books.google.com/books?id=-Bx...
September 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The best preliminary I've ever encountered:
A preface titled "Al tan ocioso que leyere este libro" aka "To the very lazy/leisurely that would read this book"
#BookHistory
books.google.com/books?id=-Bx...
A preface titled "Al tan ocioso que leyere este libro" aka "To the very lazy/leisurely that would read this book"
#BookHistory
books.google.com/books?id=-Bx...
It’s a double Gutenberg day! (NYPL on the left, Morgan Library on the right)
#BookHistory
#BookHistory
August 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It’s a double Gutenberg day! (NYPL on the left, Morgan Library on the right)
#BookHistory
#BookHistory
Our family took a quilted sneakers class today and now I will be quilting all my shoes from here on out
And I got figure out what a #DHmakes sneaker would look like
And I got figure out what a #DHmakes sneaker would look like
August 3, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Our family took a quilted sneakers class today and now I will be quilting all my shoes from here on out
And I got figure out what a #DHmakes sneaker would look like
And I got figure out what a #DHmakes sneaker would look like
Book identification challenge: What the heck is "Ubequeño Grande" or "Ubequino Grande"?
Assuming "grande" refers to size, but maybe not.
Very likely a medical book; something printed before 1623.
Screenshot below in case this is actually a paleography prob. #BookHistory #histsci #histmed
Assuming "grande" refers to size, but maybe not.
Very likely a medical book; something printed before 1623.
Screenshot below in case this is actually a paleography prob. #BookHistory #histsci #histmed
July 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Book identification challenge: What the heck is "Ubequeño Grande" or "Ubequino Grande"?
Assuming "grande" refers to size, but maybe not.
Very likely a medical book; something printed before 1623.
Screenshot below in case this is actually a paleography prob. #BookHistory #histsci #histmed
Assuming "grande" refers to size, but maybe not.
Very likely a medical book; something printed before 1623.
Screenshot below in case this is actually a paleography prob. #BookHistory #histsci #histmed
No Google, I did not mean "Albert the Great paradisus anime." But now I do want to know what an Albert the Great anime would be like
July 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
No Google, I did not mean "Albert the Great paradisus anime." But now I do want to know what an Albert the Great anime would be like
July 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The result of two days of doing English paper piecing while listening to ##BookHistory sessions at #SHARP2025 is four blocks totally done on the quilt. And the great thing about doing EPP on the go is that hotels usually have irons to press your work! 😂
#DHMakes
#DHMakes
July 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
The result of two days of doing English paper piecing while listening to ##BookHistory sessions at #SHARP2025 is four blocks totally done on the quilt. And the great thing about doing EPP on the go is that hotels usually have irons to press your work! 😂
#DHMakes
#DHMakes
Cutting my own EPP quilt pieces doesn’t seem too bad. I’m hoping that everything will fit together well when I actually go to sew…
But the goal to have all the pieces ready for sewing during conferences seems doable!
#DHmakes
But the goal to have all the pieces ready for sewing during conferences seems doable!
#DHmakes
June 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Cutting my own EPP quilt pieces doesn’t seem too bad. I’m hoping that everything will fit together well when I actually go to sew…
But the goal to have all the pieces ready for sewing during conferences seems doable!
#DHmakes
But the goal to have all the pieces ready for sewing during conferences seems doable!
#DHmakes
An easier morning of identifications than yesterday since most of them were Plantin press and several were Leonardus Lessius!
(though normally quite easy because this dude gives *ALL* the info)
This priest also really had a thing for the Jesuits.
#BookHistory
(though normally quite easy because this dude gives *ALL* the info)
This priest also really had a thing for the Jesuits.
#BookHistory
June 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
An easier morning of identifications than yesterday since most of them were Plantin press and several were Leonardus Lessius!
(though normally quite easy because this dude gives *ALL* the info)
This priest also really had a thing for the Jesuits.
#BookHistory
(though normally quite easy because this dude gives *ALL* the info)
This priest also really had a thing for the Jesuits.
#BookHistory
I really need some sort of code within my browser that tells databases "I'm not a bot, I'm just a bibliographer!"
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
June 17, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I really need some sort of code within my browser that tells databases "I'm not a bot, I'm just a bibliographer!"
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
(Screenshot of dialnet's error message that I've reached limit access)
#BookHistory
So my dad thinks I should keep the figures in the middle as stick figures versus the more realistic figures on the VA seal. I kind of like the XKCD vibe too?? What do others think?
#DHMakes
#DHMakes
June 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
So my dad thinks I should keep the figures in the middle as stick figures versus the more realistic figures on the VA seal. I kind of like the XKCD vibe too?? What do others think?
#DHMakes
#DHMakes
Sand-filled pin cushions make great paper weights for editing outside in the breeze!
June 11, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Sand-filled pin cushions make great paper weights for editing outside in the breeze!
30 seconds in the microwave is, in fact, too long to make a soft boiled egg slightly harder
June 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
30 seconds in the microwave is, in fact, too long to make a soft boiled egg slightly harder