A 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 student studies a manuscript that dates back to the Shakespearian era at the Folger library in Washington, D.C.
阿宾顿,爸爸. -一组 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 students examined rare materials and discussed research with renowned scholars recently at one of the world’s preeminent libraries.
玛丽莎尼科西亚，香港大学副教授 英语; Christina Riehman-Murphy, reference and instruction librarian; and Heather Froehlich, Literary Informatics Librarian at University Libraries accompanied the students to the 福尔杰莎士比亚图书馆 in Washington, D.C. The Folger houses the world’s largest collection of the works of William Shakespeare and is the premier site to research the culture of Shakespeare’s England.
The students’ visit was sparked by their study of recipe books from the Early Modern era, roughly the late 15th to the late 18th centuries. In Shakespearean-era 英语 households, families collected culinary and medicinal knowledge in recipe books.
Using a digitized manuscript at the Folger as a jumping-off point, the students used an Early Modern recipe book to explore questions about ecology, 食物, 医学和女性的历史.
在参观福尔杰时, the 阿宾顿 students viewed recipe manuscripts and explored an exhibition titled "First Chefs: Fame and Foodways from Britain to the Americas." Nicosia’s ongoing collaboration with scholars at the library includes her role on the curatorial team for First Chefs.
亚历克西斯Amicone, 英语专业, said the site visit allowed her to examine other Early Modern recipe books.
“Some were really aged, and some were well-preserved,” she said. “We read through them and saw examples of how the process of transcription works.”
信, 艺术, and sciences major Hannah Pinson found learning social history at the Folger to be fascinating.
“It gave us the backgrounds of the people responsible for the recipe books,” she said. “We discovered what a wealthy person versus a peasant ate.”
Caitlin Wert, and 英语 and business major, said the site visit was very engaging.
"Everyone has something they can relate to in these books," she said.
宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 student 亚历克西斯Amicone and 玛丽莎尼科西亚，香港大学副教授 英语, examine a manuscript at the 福尔杰莎士比亚图书馆 in 2019.
Four of the students along with Nicosia, Riehman-Murphy, and Froehlich have moved on to the next stage of their research projects, known as ACURA (阿宾顿 College Undergraduate Research Activities).
They are learning paleography — how to read and transcribe an Early Modern manuscript — text analysis skills, 档案研究实践, and they have the opportunity to conduct individual research. The students have completed their first transcriptions, read and discussed academic and public-facing writing, and drafted blog posts about what they learned with the goal of sharing their experience with a general audience.
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