An anonymous accordion-format French–English pedagogical sort-of dictionary I pulled out what looked ugly but turned out to be a gem — what sort of gem, I admit ... April 24, 2025
What Are Mechanical Puzzles? Welcome to the first part of a puzzlingly exciting new series of blog posts, written by Andrew Rhoda, the Lilly ... April 2, 2025
Drake’s Principal Diseases Curatorial assistant Elizabeth Arterberry explores the exciting world of diseases, geography, and early medical history! Many of the entries that ... March 12, 2025
Drawing Tolkien: Art Inspired by Tolkien’s Legendarium Reference assistant Benjamin Yusen delves into the fantastical artwork of J. R. R. Tolkien’s world, complete with dwarves, dragons, and ... February 26, 2025
A Most Faire Frost: Frost Fairs of the River Thames Trigger warning: Post contains brief mentions of historical animal cruelty and death (animal and people), including drowning, blood sports, and ... January 23, 2025
Locks of the Lilly: Examples of hair in the Lilly Library Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry showcases some the Lilly Library’s famous and lesser-known hairy materials! Raising awareness for men’s ... December 6, 2024
Lessons in Latrinalia It was, perhaps, unfair to introduce Allen Walker Read’s Lexical Evidence from Folk Epigraphy in the last post without providing ... November 14, 2024
A Little Dictionary of Obscenities Allen Walker Read, who has already appeared in our posts, was a close friend of Madeline Kripke. He lived in ... November 1, 2024
Amazing Adventures at the Lilly: Celebrating the World Premiere of the Kavalier and Clay Opera at IU Teaching and outreach assistant Maggie McDonald makes some magic in the stacks in celebration of the world premiere of The ... October 31, 2024
BOOkplates: Macabre Marks of Ownership Curatorial and Outreach Assistant Jake Gentry calls forth spooky bookplates from the great beyond (the stacks of the Lilly Library), ... October 28, 2024