tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640125206110669026.post6101792205764215982..comments2011-04-25T10:30:06.350-04:00Comments on Wynken de Worde: DIY newsbookSarah Wernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06941029918210770136noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640125206110669026.post-75724790259940493652010-09-16T13:24:41.921-04:002010-09-16T13:24:41.921-04:00Nick, I really appreciate the gentle correction! I...Nick, I really appreciate the gentle correction! I knew when I posted this after hours of teaching that I was risking making mistakes in it . . . And this just proves my point in my last post about not feeling knowledgeable enough about newsbooks to teach a session devoted to the subject!<br /><br />On the subject of cutting-and-folding, though, I totally love what your tutor did! In the past I've made my own for students to fold (and I've a great one from a 1564 octavo which is misfoliated in interesting ways), but I think I might try what you did this time: have the students make their own. <br /><br />So thank you, on both accounts!<br /><br />And Anna, thanks for your nice comments. The rest of you can glimpse more of Anna's reactions over at her post at <a href="http://earlymodernonlinebib.wordpress.com/2010/09/15/wynken-de-worde-on-teaching-book-history" rel="nofollow">Early Modern Online Bibliography</a>.Sarah Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941029918210770136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640125206110669026.post-46710808427697780632010-09-15T18:52:44.597-04:002010-09-15T18:52:44.597-04:00I loved this post - and indeed my tutor for my MA ...I loved this post - and indeed my tutor for my MA made us do a similar exercise, cutting out and folding our own pamphlets in class, which was brilliant fun as well as teaching about recto and verso much more easily than just trying to explain it verbally. But the pedant in me has to point out (in the nicest possible way!) that the Moderate is a newsbook, not a news sheet. That's what contemporaries would have called it, anyway, because it's a quarto pamphlet rather than a half-sheet folio format.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640125206110669026.post-51660581448157051222010-09-15T08:03:45.004-04:002010-09-15T08:03:45.004-04:00These are very helpful posts: thanks! I appreciat...These are very helpful posts: thanks! I appreciated being able to look at the carefully conceived syllabus, and I love the printable pdf of a news sheet with folds numbered. <br /><br />These posts signal how blogs can really enhance teaching. I hope to hear more about how the course's 3-part structure works. It looks very promising. Again, thanks!Anna Battigellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03047641093166024179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640125206110669026.post-18435515944584305442010-09-04T21:54:18.253-04:002010-09-04T21:54:18.253-04:00Oops--no reason for that spelling other than just ...Oops--no reason for that spelling other than just not paying attention! The correct spelling is, as you note, 'recto' and once I'm back at my computer I'll have to correct it. That's what happens when I post after teaching for 3 hours...Sarah Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941029918210770136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-640125206110669026.post-78364104840264677762010-09-04T03:41:33.975-04:002010-09-04T03:41:33.975-04:00why "rechto"? never seen it spelled like...why "rechto"? never seen it spelled like that, so curious to know!~*sim*~https://www.blogger.com/profile/12686431817625159970noreply@blogger.com