Blog

Jun 9, 2014
5 min

Launch of the Digital Equatorium

I wrote this post for the Peterhouse Perne and Ward Libraries blog. It is cross-posted from there with their kind permission. 28 May saw...

Seb Falk

Feb 14, 2014
1 min

The Scholar as Craftsman: Notes and Records article

Regular readers of this blog (if there are any, I should apologise to them for my long silence) will be familiar with the story of King...

Researching King Arthur’s Table at the Adler Planetarium

Seb Falk

Oct 15, 2013
2 min

Researching King Arthur’s Table at the Adler Planetarium

This post is cross-posted from the blog of the Adler Planetarium, Chicago, USA. It was written after a research visit I made to the...

Seb Falk

Oct 7, 2013
2 min

Video: Connecting with Collections Symposium

I was pleased to be able to speak at (and help organise) the Connecting with Collections Symposium a few weeks ago. That event showcased...

Seb Falk

Jun 20, 2013
4 min

How to cast a medieval horoscope

I wrote this post for the blog of the 24th International Congress of History of Science, Technology and Medicine (iCHSTM), which takes...

Seb Falk

May 29, 2013
3 min

Three Faces of Derek de Solla Price

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. I recently read a fascinating article about the early years of the...

Titbits in the archives: how to make and move an equatorium

Seb Falk

Apr 23, 2013
3 min

Titbits in the archives: how to make and move an equatorium

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. At the start of this project I was only hoping to find some ...

Why did Derek de Solla Price come to Cambridge?

Seb Falk

Mar 19, 2013
4 min

Why did Derek de Solla Price come to Cambridge?

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. In a previous post I introduced one of the main subjects of my...

Seb Falk

Mar 19, 2013
1 min

King Arthur’s Table goes on display

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. Last Friday was a proud day, as the object I re-discovered and am...

Lawrence Bragg and the Cavendish Laboratory

Seb Falk

Feb 27, 2013
3 min

Lawrence Bragg and the Cavendish Laboratory

This post is cross-posted (with minor modifications) from the Connecting with Collections blog. This month the Connecting with...

Seb Falk

Jan 29, 2013
2 min

Biographical musings

This post is cross-posted from the Connecting with Collections blog. My current project is about King Arthur’s Table. I described this...

King Arthur’s Table: From Cavendish to Whipple

Seb Falk

Jan 8, 2013
2 min

King Arthur’s Table: From Cavendish to Whipple

Remember when I found King Arthur’s Round Table? I told the story way back in my second ever blog post. Go and have a read if you’ve...

Seb Falk

Oct 21, 2012
3 min

How I found King Arthur’s Round Table

I’ve just started a research project focusing on a medieval manuscript, The Equatorie of the Planetis. This manuscript describes the...

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