BookshelfQuilter added a note to p. 6 in James Adam diary: 1857-1863 (Ms. Codex 1948), saying “At the top of the page, 1st word is transcribed as Edwr. to York. But as this diary is describing travel that started at Edinburgh, I think the 1st word is Edin with a superscripted character maybe. ”
Kareobl added a note to p. 4 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “An Em dash—0ption shift hyphen(on a Mac keyboard). No spaces before or after the em dash.
It is a long dash.”
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lrile added a note to p. 18 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “Unclear geographic reference to "Spad" (Spaa? Spraa?) which maybe Spa, in Belgium, but that is more than 7 leagues (~39km) from Aachen. (Sittard, NL is a good fit for the distance but the letters are a stretch.)”
lrile added a note to p. 16 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “"Badschwefel" is written above, while the actual German term is "schwefelbad."
Contains text in Latin. ”
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lrile added a note to p. 15 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “The first line is difficult to read as scanned due to its proximity to the gutter.
Contains brief phrases in French.”
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lrile added a note to p. 13 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “The top line of this page is more easily seen on the next page's scan.”
lrile added a note to p. 8 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “Contains text in ink and in pencil, perpendicular to each other, in seemingly two different handwritings. The pencil text only includes numbers.”
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lrile added a note to p. 8 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “This list of titles is divided into sections by horizontal lines and } text decorations.
Unclear abbreviation "v" may refer to "volume." (See the word "vocabulary" midway on page for an example of Kinsey's "v.")”
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lrile added a note to p. 7 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “The journey on this page begins in England and travels to the Netherlands. "Packet" likely refers to a packet boat.”
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lrile added a note to p. 7 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “Contains text in ink and in pencil, perpendicular to each other, in seemingly two different handwritings. ”
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lrile added a note to p. 7 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “Text from gutter of facing page indicates possibly that a page was not scanned?”
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lrile added a note to p. 6 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “Contains text in ink and in pencil, perpendicular to each other.
Contains text formatted in two columns, with } text decorations to guide the reader.”
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lrile added a note to p. 3 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “The journey on this page can be approximately visualized here: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Paris,+France/Dijon,+France/Saint-Marcel,+France/Lyon,+France/Cerdon,+France/Lac+de+Nantua,+Nantua,+France/Fort+l'Ecluse,+Route+de+Gen%C3%A8ve,+L%C3%A9a...”
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lrile added a note to p. 5 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “A.V. may be an abbreviation for Augusta Vindelicorum, that is, published in Augsburg, Germany.”
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lrile added a note to p. 4 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “Mostly laid out in two columns, with } text decorations to guide reader.
"Lausanne" is written upside-down.
The journey on this page can be approximately visualized here: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Geneva,+Switzerland/Bonneville,+74130...”
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lrile added a note to p. 3 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “Text at the top of the page is partially covered by three large red circles, perhaps wax seals or additional layers of paper or paint.
Contains some text written at a perpendicular angle.”
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lrile added a note to p. 2 in W. Kinsey diary, 1817., saying “Contains text written on top of other text, in multiple directions, in ink and pencil, in different scripts.
Part of the text is laid out in the format of a table.
Some text is in French.
I will return and revise this as I become more f...”
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