Comments on: Shakespeare original scans

Shakespeare original scans

stbalbach — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:29:28 -0800

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.

By: stbalbach

stbalbach — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:32:22 -0800

..should have mentioned "..the scans were originally printed during the playwright's lifetime"

By: 327.ca

327.ca — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:42:00 -0800

Naaaah! They had scanners back then?

By: Joey Michaels

Joey Michaels — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:43:34 -0800

Great resource!

By: bitpart

bitpart — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:48:31 -0800

"I strike quickly being moon'd." Cha. I would too.

By: ChrisTN

ChrisTN — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:48:34 -0800

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

By: bitpart

bitpart — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 19:49:09 -0800

Oh wait. That's a "u," not an "n." Whoops.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:21:51 -0800

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.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 20:22:53 -0800

on post-view (my eyes are slow) I see ChrisTN embeatened me to it. Ah well.

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Sat, 11 Sep 2004 07:16:08 -0800

"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!