Lecture at St Bride's

Last night the Head Marbler and I attended a talk by Dr Claire Bolton at St Bride's Printing Library. the subject was the techniques used by early printing and raised, amongst other things, the possibility that early type may have been strung, or wired, together for printing. This would explain strange circular holes that have been found in several pieces of early type that are otherwise not easily accounted for.

It seems an interesting suggestion and I'm thinking of getting the Head Marbler cracking on drilling through our type collection (last estimate, well over 500,000 pieces - that should stop her getting bored!)

Paleography at King's

So, the chair of Paleography at King's College London is to close, a victim of economic constraints. We think this is a disappointing decision, and if you agree, why not sign the petition to protest at it?

Obviously with the economy struggling cuts become necessary, but it seems disappointing and distasteful that those with heavy responsibility for getting the UK economy into its parlous state are doing so little to help. How about the 'Andy Hornby' Chair of Paleography, or the 'Fred Goodwin' Gallery of Manuscripts?