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I have had everything from $0 to $80 quotes for a single image reproduction in a small-run scholarly publication. The $80 was the Marciana.

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From the trenches: Italian law is supposedly nationally consistent on these policies, and all state institutions are subject to it. In reality, each institution makes its own calls, e.g. on what constitutes a "scientific publication."

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In my experience this creates a L hand/R hand problem where the library decides what you pay (depending on use) but they don't tell *you*, they only tell the processor, and if you dispute the amount the processor tells you to take it up with the library, which refuses to answer further emails.

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Carrie Beneš @cebenes.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Marciana: There is a fee, there are forms, and there is a 3rd-party payment processor that you pay the fee to.

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I handled this book in the Schoenbergs' flat here in SRQ once! It's really gorgeous. 🤩

Carrie Beneš @cebenes.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Yesterday my 9yo gave Albuquerque a beautifully precise Romance lilt ("Al-boo-kwair-kway") and I had to admit to her that Americans call it "Alba-kerky".

Jon Becker @jonbecker.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

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Higher education faculty members should read two new articles and discuss them deeply as a department/unit/etc. The NYMag article about AI and cheating + the NYT article by the professor at U. of Florida about working under the DeSantis regime. They are connected; discuss those connections.

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Lisa Fagin Davis @lisafdavis.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Proud to add my name to this important message. #MedievalSky www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

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A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U

A Call for Constructive Engagement

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S.J. Pearce @homophonous.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Starting point, this time, was “No way this guy is Cardinal Pizza Can Dance.”

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Carrie Beneš @cebenes.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Detail: (Painting, btw, is in the Maritime Museum in Genoa, which is amazing.)

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Carrie Beneš @cebenes.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Lest anyone think that life in the Middle Ages was provincial, isolated, and rural... (Medieval Mediterranean port cities like this often had pop. densities ca. 100K/sqmi, which is more than Manhattan or Mumbai today [60-75K].) —Cristoforo de' Grassi, 1597 copy of Genoa in 1481.

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Carrie Beneš @cebenes.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Happy Earth Day from the #sferaproject! #medievalsky #earlymodern #maphistory #bookhistory (G. Dati, La sfera/The Globe, early 15c; BNCF Magl. XI.83, f. 7r)

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

Kind, decent, and compassionate, Pope Francis was badly out of step with contemporary western culture.

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Thank you, Seb! 🫶 Toujours Equipe France!

Yes! Like a broccoli haircut for camels. 😁

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Venetian camel, as ordered! Even derpier!!! (Venice, BibNat Marciana Ital. 6279, f. 20v, with helpful "africha" label).

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Florence is bad enough, but honestly, you think I WANTED to get tangled up in a project in *15th-century* Florence?????? All those self-righteous humanists, UGH. Luckily Dati was a pretty grounded guy. 🤣

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Thanks, David. In appreciation I offer you derpy Sfera camels (Florence, BML MedPal90 16v, "camels laden with spices").

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Also, isn't our work-in-progress gorgeous? 👀👀 lasfera.rrchnm.org (with mad props to @jasonheppler.org)