chance encounters with the past
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Chance Encounters with the Past: crowdsourcing early modern recipes
Dr. Lisa Smith, University of Essex
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Robart Laine Lady Corbett My cosen Elizabeth Bury Dr Mathias
Mrs. Blackwell Mrs. Anne Corbett My cosen Richard Redman Hanable Robards
Mrs. Purefoy Lord Ro. Rich Cosen Staffords Goodwife Edwards
Mrs. Lee Old Lady Montague My Cosen Farrer Nurs Cresett
Mrs. Moore Lady Croon Cosen Quier Alice Howard
Mrs. Alice Wilifford Mrs. Booin Cosen Goodeve Goody Ingrum
Mrs. James Mrs. Flore My sister Snaitle Sarah Boyle
Mrs. Denis Mrs. Bertue My Cosen Farlow Janne Taner
Mrs. Saywood Mrs. Lucey Clarke Alanna Carfild Good-day Write
Mrs. Martha Reeve Mrs. Taylor Fanne Morris Hanna Consele
Mrs. Anne Chester Mrs. Andrews Eleanor Herring Mrs. Malltos
Mrs. Gooder Mrs. Cumberland Mrs. Perce
Social Networks of Margaret Baker
Receipt Book of Margaret Baker, ca. 1675, Folger Shakespeare Library, V.a.619
In a way, it made it easier to acknowledge what the notes I was putting my transcription did. By coding in that I needed to put <amount>, I knew that people would be able to search for that, rather than pressing a button and hoping I remembered to put it in.
Close-reading… and the internet?
G. Bartisch, Das ist Augendienst, 1583. Credit: Wellcome Library, London.
Dromio
Despite my growing pride and confidence as I found these mistakes and corrected them, I also felt more unsure of myself. How many mistakes had I made and had I corrected them all?
Pharmaceutical and Cookery Recipes, ca. 1675 (Folger Shakespeare Library, V.a.21), 261.
Transcribathon (November 2016)
Research-led Teaching
Research Process Modelling
Textual Communities Shakespeare’s World
Connecting Communities
Transcribing made me feel so involved... I felt like a
professional Historian.
