Join us for a fascinating glimpse into the early modern world and the history of the book--a Transcribathon!

Experts from the Folger Shakespeare Library’s Early Modern Manuscripts Online project will be on hand to introduce participants to the art of transcribing English manuscripts from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries--the age of Shakespeare, Jonson, Spenser, and Dryden! There will be food (lunch and afternoon refreshments), fun, entertaining manuscripts, transcription sprints, prizes, and an easy-to-use online transcription platform called Dromio. We’ll be transcribing the fascinating Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608, which includes many beautiful hand-drawn illustrations in addition to handwritten text.

Learn to read the original documents of the English Renaissance, and be a part of history by contributing to the completed online edition. This is a come-and-go event, so feel free to stay as long as your schedule permits. ***Bring a laptop*** so you can participate in this exciting activity--we will have extras for those who need one. Please join us, and encourage your students (classes welcome) and colleagues. The more the merrier!

***RSVP appreciated, but is not required to attend. Please let us know your plans and dietary restrictions here:
https://goo.gl/forms/UB3p9V6tnkC2aR3x2

Sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Blended Learning Initiative and the Committee for Lectures and Cultural Events (The Baum Fund).

Learn more about what to expect by reading about the first Transcribathon for EMMO held at the University of Pennsylvania in December 2014: “A transcriba-what?”

Dr. Heather Wolfe, Curator of Manuscripts at the Folger Shakespeare Library
Dr. Paul Dingman, Project Manager forEarly Modern Manuscripts Online (EMMO)

The Folger Shakespeare Library aims to make the more hidden world of manuscripts visible and searchable by a wider world of scholars, students, and the public through the Early Modern Manuscripts Online. This resource will provide access to transcriptions of thousands of English manuscripts created from 1500 to 1700, which it collects through a crowdsourced transcription process.