January 21, 2005
Heard in the Halls
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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