LECTURE: Dennis Duncan (University of Oxford), ‘Filthy talk, p. 2’: handwritten indexes in early modern printed books, Weston Library, Lecture Theatre, Broad Street, Monday 16 May 2016 at 5.15 p.m.
What can we learn by looking at a particular type of reader annotation – the personal index, handwritten on the flyleaf of a printed book? This talk looks at how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century readers indexed their books, the methods they used, and the subjects they wanted to return to.