Tour of Harvard University Press (Loeb Classical Library, I Tatti, Dumbarton Oaks, Murty)
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Tour of Harvard University Press (Loeb Classical Library, I Tatti, Dumbarton Oaks, Murty)
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Timothy Kenny
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14 490 просмотров · 11 месяцев назад
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⭐Video Synopsis:
In this video you will experience the first ever video tour of Harvard University Press. You’ll see three different presentations of the 550+ volume Loeb Classical Library (Red and Green), plus the complete I Tatti Renaissance Library (Blue), Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (Gold) and Murty Classical Library of India (Red) sets.
🎬See the viral video that led up to this video here, with Greg of Reddit the only known private owner of a complete set of all four of the Harvard University Press facing-page translation libraries: • Bookshelf Tour of The Largest Home Library...
📚See my in depth reviews of the HUP sets here: • Review of the Loeb Classical Library (Clas...
📧Contact: timothy@timothykenny.com
Legend:
⭐📚 Marks Key Book Sets
🕰️TIMESTAMPS:
0:00:00 Introduction: Tour of Harvard University Press (HUP) & Classical Libraries
0:00:44 Backstory: How the HUP Tour Came to Be
0:02:30 Viral Loeb Wall Photo - Michael McGill (Future Guest)
0:02:44 Librarianologist Group (and Ozymandias Reference)
0:03:11 History of Literature Podcast Shoutout
0:03:24 LibraryThing Founder Tim Spaulding Shoutout
0:03:37 Meme About Loeb Wall
0:03:44 Gifting the Murty Classical Library of India to Greg of Reddit
0:04:35 Buying the Murty Classical Library of India (Actual Invoice Shown)
0:04:58 Aerial Shot of Cambridge, MA and Video Dedication to Dr. Michael Fiveash (My Latin Teacher)
0:05:11 Loeb Tour Is The #1 Viewed Bookshelf Tour on YouTube in the Last 12 Months (212,000+ Views)
0:05:45 Upcoming Live Unboxing & AMA with Greg
0:06:17 The HUP Book Giveaway (Signed by Sharmila Sen)
0:08:00 The Free Resources Kit Details (Classical Facing-Page Translation Libraries Spreadsheet & High-Res Photos)
0:09:40 Announcing Part 2 of the Tour (Submit Questions)
0:10:10 Call for Bookshelf Tour Submissions
__________________ ⭐ TOUR STARTS HERE ⭐ __________________
0:11:03 Beginning of the The Tour
0:11:25 History of Kittredge Hall (Former Harvard University Herbarium)
0:12:05 Special Meeting Room for Meeting with Authors
0:12:30 Old Photographs of the Herbarium
0:12:59 Building Layout - Departments & Floors
0:13:44 The Historic HUP Shop Sign from Harvard Square (Closed June 17, 2009)
0:14:12 Entering the Editorial Wing
0:14:30 Meeting Asaf, Editor of Science and Technology at Harvard University Press
0:14:47 Meeting Sana, Editorial Assistant at Harvard University Press
0:15:19 Forthcoming Norton Lectures Reissues (Stravinsky, Borges, Ashbery, Eco, Shahn)
0:15:51 ⭐📚The Loeb Classical Library Shelf Copies
0:16:33 ⭐📚Sharmila's "Secret Collection" of Faded Used Loebs
0:16:57 Turquoise Loebs & Out-of-Print Volumes
0:17:46 ⭐📚The I Tatti Renaissance Library Shelf Copies
0:18:32 Comparing the Old and New I Tatti Spine Logos
0:19:21 Examining the Loeb Classical Library Logo (Athena & JCL)
0:20:27 How Publishers Check a New Book (Durability Test)
0:21:01 How Academics Read Books (Old Joke in Academia)
0:21:41 What the "Loeb Number" Means
0:22:39 Don’t Shelf by Loeb Number (Do This Instead...)
0:23:50 ⭐📚The Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library (DOML)
0:25:02 DOML Languages - Latin, Byzantine Greek, Old English and the New Iberian (And More to Come)
0:25:49 Defining the Middle Ages (Funny Fred Robinson Quote, Old English Scholar)
0:26:37 The Harold Bloom Endorsement Poster
0:27:14 ⭐📚The Murty Classical Library of India
0:28:12 Comparison to the Clay Sanskrit Library (by NYU Press, edited by Sheldon Pollock, 56 vols)
0:29:02 Publishing in Original Scripts (Devanagari, Naskh, etc.)
0:30:20 Color-Coded Ribbons in the Dumbarton Oaks Series
0:31:40 Why Color of Gold Dust Jacket for Dumbarton Oaks Vary
0:32:58 Ribbon Manufacturer Discontinued - Sourcing Replacements
0:33:38 How to Tuck in a Ribbon (The "Harvard Way")
0:35:15 Ribbons as Language Codes
0:36:11 Walking the Press Bookcases (Schumpeter Mention, Creative Destruction)
0:37:10 Meet Olivia, Editorial Assistant at Harvard University Press
0:37:46 Mike Sullivan's Loebs (Managing Editor of Loeb Classical Library)
0:38:12 The Old Paper Files Room (Pre-Digital)
0:38:55 Finding Mary Beard's "Roman Triumph" File (See Inside HUP File Cabinets)
0:41:50 The Physical Card Catalog System
0:44:50 Rare Harvard Depository/Harvard University Archives "Logo" File Boxes (Triliteral)
0:45:07 What is Triliteral? (The Trilateral Warehouse in Rhode Island -- Harvard, Yale, MIT)
0:46:13 Harvard Bookshop Sign (Another Showroom Relic)
0:46:47 ⭐📚 Entering the Press Director's Office (The Inner Sanctum)
0:49:03 How Color Images Were Printed in the 1930s (Affixed Plates)
0:50:50 The 18th Century Secretary Desk
0:51:25 38 Quincy Street Era (1932–1948) - Historic Photo
0:53:13 ⭐📚 Entering Sharmila Sen's Office
0:53:43 ⭐📚 The Clay Sanskrit Library (NYU Press)
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