“‘Chaos naturae et artis’: imitation, innovation, and improvisation in the library of Sir Hans Sloane. Part 1” Alexandra Ortolja-Baird Library and Information History December 2020 Click here Abstract This article explores the library catalogues of the physician, President of the Royal Society, and omnivorous collector Sir Hans Sloane (1660–1753). It draws attention to how Sloane…
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New article: Enlightenment architectures: The reconstruction of Sir Hans Sloane’s cabinets of ‘Miscellanies’
“Enlightenment architectures: The reconstruction of Sir Hans Sloane’s cabinets of ‘Miscellanies’” Kim Sloan, Julianne Nyhan Journal of the History of Collections 05 December 2020 Click here Abstract Focusing on Sir Hans Sloane’s catalogue of ‘Miscellanies’, now in the British Museum, this paper asks firstly how Sloane described objects and secondly whether the original contents of…
Digital Scholarly Editions of 5 Sloane Catalogues
The Enlightenment Architectures project has produced open access digital scholarly editions of five of Hans Sloane’s manuscript catalogues of his collections. These five catalogues (Miscellanies, Fossils I, Fossils V, MS 3972C Vol.VI and MS 3972B) represent a selection of Sloane’s extant catalogues from across the three national institutions created by Hans Sloane’s will: the British…
Digital Scholarly Editions of Five of Hans Sloane’s Manuscript Catalogues Published Online
Digital Scholarly Editions of Five of Hans Sloane’s Manuscript Catalogues Published Online The Enlightenment Architectures research team has today published online open access digital scholarly editions of five of Hans Sloane’s manuscript catalogues of his collections. These five catalogues represent a selection from across the three national institutions which were created by Hans Sloane’s will:…
New article published on the Enlightenment Architectures Project
The article “Digital Humanities in the Memory Institution: The Challenges of Encoding Sir Hans Sloane’s Early Modern Catalogues of His Collections” arising from the Enlightenment Architectures Project has been published in the open access journal Open Library of Humanities. Click here to access it. Abstract Catalogues are the core documents of museum structure and…