tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post2468762640995895575..comments2023-06-28T17:05:30.899+01:00Comments on The Literacy Blog: Writing: the greatest invention the world has ever known?Johnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post-42791182406589036942010-02-12T12:50:09.639+00:002010-02-12T12:50:09.639+00:00Thanks, Marion. I'll do my best to try and kee...Thanks, Marion. I'll do my best to try and keep finding topics of interest for you.<br />JohnJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post-10863778645176948242010-02-12T12:48:50.130+00:002010-02-12T12:48:50.130+00:00Thanks for the link, Anon. Ganz is referenced (in ...Thanks for the link, Anon. Ganz is referenced (in relation to his work on French miniscule and the Abbey of Corbie)in the Daniels and Bright tome I shall be talking a bit about tomorrow.<br />I sincerely hope he wins the fight to retain his chair.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13315146014179526480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9462344.post-60779127793129599182010-02-12T11:03:05.538+00:002010-02-12T11:03:05.538+00:00A timely post, John:
'Dry, dusty and shortly t...A timely post, John:<br />'Dry, dusty and shortly to be dead. Palaeographers are used to making sense of fragments of ancient manuscripts, but King's College London couldn't have been plainer when it announced recently that it was to close the UK's only chair of palaeography. From September, the current holder of the chair, Professor David Ganz, will be out of a job, and the subject will no longer exist as a separate academic discipline in British universities'<br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/feb/09/writing-off-last-palaeographer-universityAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com