Who doesn’t want to know the future? This question has been on my mind since finishing some solid binge-watching of Season … More
Month: April 2016
‘Can I Get Your Autograph?’: A Short History of Signature Collecting
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with collecting the signatures of the Atlanta Braves baseball players. It was … More
Sacrificial Lambs: Livestock, Book Costs, and the Premodern Parchment Trade
Pliny the Elder remarks on a conflict that arose between King Eumenes of Pergamum and Ptolemy V, the Egyptian pharaoh, … More
