Cait Coker <<digital brat with an insect mind>>
@caitcoker
Curator, fangirl, utter nerd. Assoc. Prof/Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts at U of Illinois Urbana Champaign. Co-Editor Women in Book History Bibliography at womensbookhistory.org. Fan Studies, Tolkien Studies, SFF Studies. I just really love books ok
Continually disappointing Jesus with my lack of smut.
Guys, I missed a memo. Will you tell me what the new OOP merch is for?
The thing about having the mind of a flea is I really can’t go down as many rabbitholes as I would like. And y’all above all know how many rabbitholes there ARE!
Ooh ooh I found another one! A good day in the stacks, y'all. Leclerc, 1784. (From a volume of Hancarville)
New entry for my collection of women and presses! 1605.
Starting to feel really bummed that everyone's making fun of dear Tom Hiddles for his Pompeii documentary, but also FFS caption person at The Independent, that is NOT an "old book", that is CLEARLY a modern fucking Loeb volume, JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ON TOAST.
Good morning from my favorite coffeeshop!
Rabbithole in history of magic: these sigils from Scot’s 1584 Discoverie of Witchcrafte were in common use through the 19th c. Apparently Joseph Smith had a medallion of one that is still extant.
Good news! In the past year, someone (not me, because Wikipedia refuses to let me have editing powers) has updated Anne Bradstreet's occupation to "poet" from the mysterious "chef" of past edits.
I’m always looking for mss waste bits and happenstance is so great!
From the collections, apropos of nothing, surely.
There was a rabbithole and anyway I saw this and thought it was neat! Magenus, 1503!
Birthday loot!!!! Best part they remainders so this did not, in fact, break the bank!!
Birthday loot!!! And no seriously, this WILL be the notebook that fixes me!!!
Timeline cleanse: Gimli and Leia declare détente over the most coveted spot in the house.
Coffee, books, vinyl: Life’s essentials!