eBLJ 2022
eBLJ 2022
eBLJ 2022
Collection Details
Creator (organisation)
The British Library
Language
English
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CC BY 4.0
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Item type:Journal article, Facts, Fictions, and Fascism: A Life of Actor Mary Taviner (1909-1972)(2022)St John-McAlister, MichaelDespite an acting career spanning both silent film and talkies, as well as London and regional theatre, Mary Taviner was not a household name. In fact she attracted more press coverage for her political views, being an active fascist from the 1930s to the 1960s. She fell in with, and later fell out with, both Oswald Mosley and William Joyce, also known as Lord Haw Haw, and attempted to maintain the extreme right as a force in her corner of west London. The bizarre claims she made about her ancestry and lineage, and of being the reincarnation of a Scottish queen, also interested the press, and kept her in the public eye. Perhaps she hoped these tall tales would render her more interesting to producers and directors. Yet, after this fascinating life she died in relative obscurity, not even garnering an obituary in the film and theatre world’s main journal, and until now she has been little more than a passing mention, a footnote, in the history of the far right. However, as this article shows, beyond the amusement raised by the eccentricity and the myth-making, her life sheds light on the fringes of the acting world and the local operation of right-wing extremism over thirty years.9 9 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, British Library Additional Manuscript 8537 as a Source for Florentine/Pisan University History(2022)Rossi, ElenaBritish Library Additional Manuscript 8537 contains a selection of statutes related to the university of Florence and Pisa from the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The manuscript was originally produced to specifically document rulings between the institution and Florentine government, suggesting it may have been a personal vademecum of a Florentine official. Over time, it evolved into a referencing guide for other university and government administrators, as exemplified by updates to its contents and the inclusion of finding aids. There are also statutes included that have not been detailed elsewhere, including Armando Verde’s collection of documents related to the Florentine Studio. Through closer examination of its contents and context, the manuscript reveals itself to be an untapped resource for not only Italian university history, but also university archival practice. The present article sheds light on the treasures of Add. MS. 8537, facilitating its introduction into the broader history of the Studium.5 5 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, A Sense of Place: The ‘London’ Cityscapes of BL, Royal MS. 13 A. III(2022-05-24)Chunko-Dominguez, BetsyThe British Library, Royal MS. 13 A. III, containing a copy of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia regum Britannie, was likely produced in southeast England in or around London between the late thirteenth century and the first quarter of the fourteenth century. The only manuscript with an extended series of illustrations, it contains a number of bas-de-page cityscape drawings. Two such drawings are examined here: those found on folio 14r and folio 28v, respectively. The present article argues that the artist of these marginal illustrations was based in London, and that the two cityscapes under analysis most likely represent London itself and Caerleon as influenced by the artist’s own familiarity with London. The drawings are of particular interest in that they suggest at least some of the considerations artists of the era brought to the task of creating geographical and structural representations. As such, this article also explores the nature of these cityscape drawings to contextualize them as, alternately, real and ‘archetypal’ urban spaces.3 6 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Selected English Masonic Bookbindings(2022-09-22)Marks, P. J. M.Books as artefacts, as well as the texts that they contain, play a fundamental role in English freemasonry. The esteem in which they were held is shown in paintings. This detail comes from a portrait of freemason Dr Robert Crucefix (1797-1850) who is shown with significant items of regalia as well as the masonic bindings. Bound Bibles, masonic texts, minute books or accounts ledgers were often given lavish decoration and were frequently presented as gifts to brother freemasons and to the lodges themselves. Donors paid for the most costly leather they could afford (commonly grained goatskin or calf or cheaper leathers made to resemble them) and specified particular types of ornamentation, such as gold tooled masonic motifs or lettering with the donor’s and recipient’s masonic membership details.12 8 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Sir Hans Sloane’s Books: Seventy Years of Research(2022-12-16)Walker, AlisonThe library of Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), became one of the foundations of the British Museum, but was dispersed among other collections within the Museum, and for over 250 years it has not been possible to view it as a whole. The Sloane Printed Books Project aims to provide a virtual reconstruction of this library. The project’s progress and its findings are outlined, and suggestions made for further lines of investigation.14 8 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, Orwell’s Political Pamphlet ‘Solar System’: A Network Interpretation of a British Library Collection(2022-09-22)Treacher, ClaudiaThis article examines the network of publishers, authors and topics included in George Orwell’s Collection of Political Pamphlets at the British Library (shelfmark 1899.ss.1-49.), some of which were catalogued as part of a Ph.D. placement in 2019. It explores how the pamphlets came to be held at the British Library, what cataloguing of the pamphlets has previously taken place, and how the pamphlets offer an insight into the political print culture of the 1930s and 1940s. Most importantly, this article will argue that Orwell’s collection reveals the networks of political print culture of the early twentieth-century in Britain.6 3 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, The New Media Writing Prize Special Collection(2022)8 13 - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Journal article, American Political Pamphlets 1917-1945 at the British Library(2022-09-22)Collins, JodieThe twentieth century was a golden age of pamphleteering in America, especially during the period between the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the conclusion of the Second World War in 1945. Pamphlets were vital tools for radical organizations in educating and communicating with their own members and persuading the public of the righteousness of their cause. Though some pamphlets could be obtained free of charge, they were usually sold at a low cost. Among the many modern pamphlets held by the British Library is a modest assortment of American political pamphlets, which have been collated to help researchers and the public to more easily discover and engage with this fascinating material.3 2