Shakespeare original scans
September 10, 2004 6:29 PM   Subscribe

The British Library is putting online 93 high-resolution digitised copies of 21 of Shakespeare's plays. They include many lines and passages that are different from those found in the First Folio editions, which were not printed until after Shakespeare's death. BBC article.
posted by stbalbach (9 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
..should have mentioned "..the scans were originally printed during the playwright's lifetime"
posted by stbalbach at 6:32 PM on September 10, 2004


Naaaah! They had scanners back then?
posted by 327.ca at 6:42 PM on September 10, 2004


Great resource!
posted by Joey Michaels at 6:43 PM on September 10, 2004


"I strike quickly being moon'd."

Cha. I would too.
posted by bitpart at 7:48 PM on September 10, 2004


Are we sure this isn't a forgery done on Microsoft Word? The superscripts look identical to me. (Oops, wrong thread.)

Cool link.
posted by ChrisTN at 7:48 PM on September 10, 2004


Oh wait. That's a "u," not an "n." Whoops.
posted by bitpart at 7:49 PM on September 10, 2004


You know, when I typed the first few lines of page one of folio one in my copy of Word, using the font "Old Claude", the line breaks and letter-spacing matched exactly.

This is probably bad news for Wm. Shakspur.
posted by mwhybark at 8:21 PM on September 10, 2004


on post-view (my eyes are slow) I see ChrisTN embeatened me to it. Ah well.
posted by mwhybark at 8:22 PM on September 10, 2004


"I'll play the tyrant. I'll first begin with the maids and off with their heads!"

"The heads of the maids?"

"Aye, the heads of the maids, or their maidenheads, take it in what sense thou wilt."


NSFW!
posted by planetkyoto at 7:16 AM on September 11, 2004


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