January 21, 2005

Heard in the Halls

By RICHARD BYRNE and DAVID GLENN

Heard and overheard at the annual meeting of the American Historical Association this month in Seattle:

  • On using the Vatican archives: "Whenever they couldn't find something, it was blamed on Napoleon. Culpa Napoleon."
  • About the perils of digital technology and manuscripts: "What I want to see ... is a demonstration of that digital camera that actually turns the pages of the book. But I'm not sure how safe that would be with anything but a modern

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