Michael Hancher
@michaelhancher.bsky.social
Sometime English professor, JHU and UMN; past president, Dictionary Society of North America. Victorian literature and art, book illustration, speech acts, interpretation, law. Macaulay and English in India (Routledge, 2026). https://z.umn.edu/M-H.
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It's #blackfriday here at the ILT: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (2nd Dublin edn.) Two single-sided black pages face each other at pp. 56-57.
"The ‘blackness’ is printed on both sides of the leaf with what appears to be a solid woodblock." The Laurence Sterne Trust
"The ‘blackness’ is printed on both sides of the leaf with what appears to be a solid woodblock." The Laurence Sterne Trust
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
It's #blackfriday here at the ILT: The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (2nd Dublin edn.) Two single-sided black pages face each other at pp. 56-57.
"The ‘blackness’ is printed on both sides of the leaf with what appears to be a solid woodblock." The Laurence Sterne Trust
"The ‘blackness’ is printed on both sides of the leaf with what appears to be a solid woodblock." The Laurence Sterne Trust
"Painting, turkey cock, by Mansur, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1612." Victoria and Albert Museum, IM.135-1921. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17088/...
Painting | Mansur | V&A Explore The Collections
Painting, turkey cock, by Mansur, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1612
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November 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
"Painting, turkey cock, by Mansur, opaque watercolour and gold on paper, Mughal, ca. 1612." Victoria and Albert Museum, IM.135-1921. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O17088/...
"Texts are inevitably affected by the physical means of their transmission; the physical features of the artifacts conveying texts therefore play an integral role in the attempt to comprehend those texts.
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 AM
"Texts are inevitably affected by the physical means of their transmission; the physical features of the artifacts conveying texts therefore play an integral role in the attempt to comprehend those texts.
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New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
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November 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
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If you live in Minnesota you have access (no login required) to thousands of journals and ebooks, the full text of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, Star Tribune (all the way back to the 80s), and much more. All thanks to eLibrary Minnesota. Libraries rule! 2/4 elibrarymn.org
eLibrary Minnesota
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November 25, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If you live in Minnesota you have access (no login required) to thousands of journals and ebooks, the full text of the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, Star Tribune (all the way back to the 80s), and much more. All thanks to eLibrary Minnesota. Libraries rule! 2/4 elibrarymn.org
Despite the recent banner, not actually on sale yet: Macaulay and English in India (Routledge: March 2026). www.routledge.com/Macaulay-and....
Macaulay and English in India
This book traces how the English language emerged from the nineteenth century as not only an imperial and bureaucratic language but also as a global one. It highlights the role of Thomas Babington Mac...
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November 24, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Despite the recent banner, not actually on sale yet: Macaulay and English in India (Routledge: March 2026). www.routledge.com/Macaulay-and....
Scribe ready to transcribe what Homer says. Detail of Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus, engraving after Raphael by Marcantonio Raimondi; c. 1517–20. Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Scribe ready to transcribe what Homer says. Detail of Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus, engraving after Raphael by Marcantonio Raimondi; c. 1517–20. Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Well antedates the OED for jaywalk ("1957 C. Brooke-Rose"). More at books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Well antedates the OED for jaywalk ("1957 C. Brooke-Rose"). More at books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
Hjeriñ sind begriffen vier Bücher von menschlichen Proportion durch Albrechten Dürer von Nürenberg erfunden und beschriben (Nürenberg: Jeronymum Formschneyder, 1528). primo.lib.umn.edu/permalink/01...
November 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Hjeriñ sind begriffen vier Bücher von menschlichen Proportion durch Albrechten Dürer von Nürenberg erfunden und beschriben (Nürenberg: Jeronymum Formschneyder, 1528). primo.lib.umn.edu/permalink/01...
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Dictionaries 46:2 (2025) is now available (open access!) on
@projectmuse.bsky.social
Read here about: Arabic in China, Wittgenstein & Austrian German, etymology, Georgian learner-lexicography, antedating & linguistics pedagogy + Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary review
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55471
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Read here about: Arabic in China, Wittgenstein & Austrian German, etymology, Georgian learner-lexicography, antedating & linguistics pedagogy + Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary review
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Project MUSE - Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America-Volume 46, Number 2, 2025
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November 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Dictionaries 46:2 (2025) is now available (open access!) on
@projectmuse.bsky.social
Read here about: Arabic in China, Wittgenstein & Austrian German, etymology, Georgian learner-lexicography, antedating & linguistics pedagogy + Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary review
muse.jhu.edu/issue/55471
@projectmuse.bsky.social
Read here about: Arabic in China, Wittgenstein & Austrian German, etymology, Georgian learner-lexicography, antedating & linguistics pedagogy + Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary review
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"It's an ill wind," etc.: "Before the introduction of the zebra mussel, visibility of only 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m) was usual, slightly decreasing as the years passed. Water clarity improved markedly in the mid-1990s with the arrival of zebra mussels, which feed on algae."
Thousand Islands - Wikipedia
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November 18, 2025 at 5:29 AM
"It's an ill wind," etc.: "Before the introduction of the zebra mussel, visibility of only 10 to 15 feet (3.0 to 4.6 m) was usual, slightly decreasing as the years passed. Water clarity improved markedly in the mid-1990s with the arrival of zebra mussels, which feed on algae."
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A terrific opportunity to be at the forefront of periodicals' research (and to develop editorial chops!). Don't miss out.
VPR is seeking an Associate Editor to oversee book reviews and assist the editor with special features. This is a great opportunity for a #periodicals scholar looking to develop editorial and leadership skills. Applications are due December 15. Details at rs4vp.org/vpr-seeks-as... @rs4vp.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:48 AM
A terrific opportunity to be at the forefront of periodicals' research (and to develop editorial chops!). Don't miss out.
A fine G&S weekend: Last night, Iolanthe by The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company, Twin Cities. Tonight, via Vimeo, last year's Pirates of Penzance by The Lamplighters Music Theatre, San Francisco. This afternoon Pirates finished a 5-performance run in Cambridge, MA--a perennial favorite.
The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company Twin Cities
The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company is a Twin Cities based theater company, dedicated to bringing the works of Gilbert & Sullivan, Britain’s foremost light opera collaborators, to life for...
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November 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
A fine G&S weekend: Last night, Iolanthe by The Gilbert & Sullivan Very Light Opera Company, Twin Cities. Tonight, via Vimeo, last year's Pirates of Penzance by The Lamplighters Music Theatre, San Francisco. This afternoon Pirates finished a 5-performance run in Cambridge, MA--a perennial favorite.
Members of the Dictionary Society of North America and other subscribers should receive their paper copies soon, if not already. Library digital access via
@projectmuse.bsky.social is expected within a week.
@projectmuse.bsky.social is expected within a week.
Dictionaries 46:2 (2025), @projectmuse.bsky.social, edited by @lynneguist.bsky.social. Topics: Arabic in China, Wittgenstein and Austrian German, historical dictionaries, Georgian dictionaries and corpora, antedating and linguistics pedagogy, The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary.
November 16, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Members of the Dictionary Society of North America and other subscribers should receive their paper copies soon, if not already. Library digital access via
@projectmuse.bsky.social is expected within a week.
@projectmuse.bsky.social is expected within a week.
Dictionaries 46:2 (2025), @projectmuse.bsky.social, edited by @lynneguist.bsky.social. Topics: Arabic in China, Wittgenstein and Austrian German, historical dictionaries, Georgian dictionaries and corpora, antedating and linguistics pedagogy, The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary.
November 16, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Dictionaries 46:2 (2025), @projectmuse.bsky.social, edited by @lynneguist.bsky.social. Topics: Arabic in China, Wittgenstein and Austrian German, historical dictionaries, Georgian dictionaries and corpora, antedating and linguistics pedagogy, The Cambridge Handbook of the Dictionary.
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Wonderful tribute to a teacher: young Sofonisba Anguissola paints herself being created by Bernardino Campi -- yet at same time, she is of course creating him! Today is her day.
November 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Wonderful tribute to a teacher: young Sofonisba Anguissola paints herself being created by Bernardino Campi -- yet at same time, she is of course creating him! Today is her day.
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important new resource on #art, #books, #printing
Charles Hart, Lithography: Its Theory and Practice, ed. Georgia B. Barnhill
life in a C19 New York printing company, including observations about the lithographic process & commercial printers & artists
www.oakknoll.com/pag...
Charles Hart, Lithography: Its Theory and Practice, ed. Georgia B. Barnhill
life in a C19 New York printing company, including observations about the lithographic process & commercial printers & artists
www.oakknoll.com/pag...
CHARLES HART'S LITHOGRAPHY: ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE by Georgia B. Barnhill on Oak Knoll
Ann Arbor, MI: The Legacy Press, 2025. 10 x 7 inches hardcover, sewn 248 pages ISBN: 9781940965321
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November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
important new resource on #art, #books, #printing
Charles Hart, Lithography: Its Theory and Practice, ed. Georgia B. Barnhill
life in a C19 New York printing company, including observations about the lithographic process & commercial printers & artists
www.oakknoll.com/pag...
Charles Hart, Lithography: Its Theory and Practice, ed. Georgia B. Barnhill
life in a C19 New York printing company, including observations about the lithographic process & commercial printers & artists
www.oakknoll.com/pag...
thought-provoking
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November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
thought-provoking
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"There are between 500,000 and 750,000 books published annually, plus an estimated 170 million already in print."
Great post on book distribution! We are distributed by Ingram. bsky.app/profile/leek...
I recently wrote a post for Feeding the Elephant explaining distribution's place within publishing. It is geared toward scholarly publishing, but a lot of it holds true for the whole industry. #feedingtheelephant
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November 14, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"There are between 500,000 and 750,000 books published annually, plus an estimated 170 million already in print."
"you often just want to name each thing" Details at doi.org/10.1525/rep....
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"you often just want to name each thing" Details at doi.org/10.1525/rep....
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Good morning, kids and people, today in book, we have a cover:
(Preorder this jawn at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914... and use the Bookshop link if you can!)
(Preorder this jawn at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914... and use the Bookshop link if you can!)
July 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Good morning, kids and people, today in book, we have a cover:
(Preorder this jawn at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914... and use the Bookshop link if you can!)
(Preorder this jawn at www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/555914... and use the Bookshop link if you can!)
Autumn Leaves
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Autumn Leaves
Congratulations to @katnuernberger.bsky.social
NEW EPISODE:
Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mutualisms and climate grief/joy.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and @sugi.bsky.social to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mutualisms and climate grief/joy.
@literaryhub.bsky.social
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Kathryn Nuernberger on Mutualism, Climate, and Finding Family at the End of the World
Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to talk about her new collection of lyric essays, Held: Essays in Belonging, which is about symbiotic mu…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Congratulations to @katnuernberger.bsky.social
The children’s picture book, “Strega Nona, An OldTale,” celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola penned the book about the Italian “grandmother witch.” (via @mprnews.org)
Strega Nona turns 50 — and her art lives in Minneapolis
The University of Minnesota’s Kerlan Collection is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Tomie dePaola’s beloved picture book “Strega Nona,” showcasing the original illustrations and highlighting Minnesota’s unique role in preserving the warmth, artistry and enduring cultural impact of this classic story.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
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Hopkins's "Spring and Fall" brings to mind the melancholy atmsphere of Millais's "#Autumn Leaves" ("Margaret, are you grieving/Over Goldengrove unleaving?... Ah! as the heart grows older/It will come to such sights colder...") victorianweb.org/authors/hopk...
October 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Hopkins's "Spring and Fall" brings to mind the melancholy atmsphere of Millais's "#Autumn Leaves" ("Margaret, are you grieving/Over Goldengrove unleaving?... Ah! as the heart grows older/It will come to such sights colder...") victorianweb.org/authors/hopk...