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Kathleen E. Kennedy
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manuscripts, early print, coconuts, nautiluses, media archaeology

Above: BL, Royal 18 D II, Lambeth MS 532
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We were having such a good time! And now this!! Gah!
November 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’m just so freaking angry
November 29, 2025 at 1:40 AM
right? such a thing to chintz out on! glad you found adequate elsewhere and not too far away!
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
yeah I know, thus I didn't find the time. blah : /
November 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
friend, if she's single? rofl
November 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
(hahah. SEVENTH. There's another one. This is how it happens-they aren't studied, a new one turns up and it flushes out others that weren't recognized as part of the set before. Lordy one more project I put aside that I really OUGHT to finish now. sigh.)
November 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
honestly it's just my job. this sort of thing is what I'm trained to do--turn up these kinds of finds
November 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
(Should the auction's describer ALSO have noted that, w/an eye towards a higher price? Perhaps. When I say 15thc English border art REALLY isn't studied, I mean it REALLY isn't studied!)
November 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I'm just tired.

(And yes, it'd be great if I could afford a phone plan that allows int'l calling. I SHOULD be able to. And yet here I am.)
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Agreed utterly absurd
November 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
TWO new editions! This is terrific news Richard--thanks and congrats!
November 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM