We should. But this was history-history with book history underpinnings, not book history per se.

Now tagging @sharpnews.bluesky.social.

Presumably the Gospel of John, then. One section of the New Testament.

Fabulous. Can you tell if it’s the whole Bible, old & new testaments? (3 volumes doesn’t seem enough, but what do I know).

Thanks for reporting on the Study Day, Clare.

H J Jackson, Marginalia: Readers Writing in Books. 1992.

TLS. Literary Review of Canada @litreview.bsky.social . Various historical journals. All print, though they have websites.

Interesting gender binary, individuals and girls.

I’ve read it (well, listened to the audiobook). Thanks for asking,, and for the AI observation. I guess I do think McEwan glides over the tech/nerdy details, as do so many novelists who take their characters into archives.