I made a thing!

Apologies for the lack of a post last week – arriving in Exeter has been something of an adventure (and one that will certainly get its own blog post in due course!). I haven’t been inactive in the blogosphere, though: one of my projects over the past week has been producing a short little piece on something that, to be honest, is just really cool.™

If you’re wondering why I put a trademark symbol in there, well … that’s the name of the website. No, seriously: Amy and Jonah over at This Stuff is Really Cool! kindly gave me the opportunity to write a post, which I chose to  about mise-en-page in a manuscript from Trinity College, Cambridge. As it happens, the topic for the article was something that I came across by accident, and so it fits well into the ‘theme’ of the blog – serendipitous discoveries that, while not necessarily ‘publish-able’ in their current form, are certainly worth getting excited about. You can find it here, if you’re so inclined.

The offer from Amy and Jonah extends to scholars the world over, and I’d heartily recommend that any postgraduates reading this, regardless of discipline, think about sending them a short piece (500 words or so). They’re absolutely lovely, and it’s a wonderful opportunity to talk about something that really interests you.

Cover image: Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.14.39, fols. 80v-81r.