Yapp Reader Book and Digital Media Studies Master's Programme, Leiden University 2012-2013
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Yapp is a magazine created by the 2012-2013 Book and Digital Media Studies master's students at Leiden University. The handle http://hdl.handle.net/1887/28849 holds the full collection of Yapp in the Leiden University Repository. Copyright information Text: copyright © 2013 (the authors). Licensed under the following Creative Commons lincences: Pandora's box of text technology (CC BY-ND 4.0) Disciplinary measures (CC BY-NC 4.0) The professor's bookshelf (CC BY-NC 4.0) Reminiscences (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Remembrance of scents past (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) The appropriation of books (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) These books aren’t made for reading (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Once upon a time in Amsterdam (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Poet, geometer, architect, scribe (CC BY 4.0) Every original spirit… saying nothing new (CC BY 4.0) I write, therefore I am (a writer) (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Uncle Tom’s Cabin (CC BY-NC 4.0) Labyrinths (CC BY-NC 4.0) Het Schilder-Boeck (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) The Encyclopædia Britannica (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Yapping through the ages (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) If print is dead, anything is possible (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Fading type (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Reading in TechnicolorTM (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Verba nostrum (CC BY-NC 4.0) Images: 8 & 9 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Marcus Graf and Andrea Reyes Elizondo © Fontin Sans by Jos Buivenga (exljbris) <www.exljbris.com> 10 The British Library; (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Andrea Reyes Elizondo 16 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) University of Maryland 20, 22, 26, 31 (CC BY 4.0) Noora Lamers 32 (CC BY-SA 3.0) Facug (Wikimedia) 38 © Paul Kodama 39 © Jacqueline Rush Lee 40, 41 © Rob Jaffe 42 © Virginia Shields 46 © Visnja Ostojic 52 Colleen A. Bryant 57 Dog illustration based on Walters Art Museum Ms. W.593, fol. 51a, (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Marcus Graf 58 The Internet Archive, digitized by The Getty Research Institute 64, 65 © Jodi Harvey-Brown 66, 67 © Betsy Birkey 68, 71, 75, 77 Amiens Bibliothèque municipale 72, 77, 78 Bibliothèque Nationale de France 82 © A. Renda 83 © G. Urbánek 84, 85 © Richard Wentworth and the Lisson Gallery 86 Wikimedia Commons 96, 97 © Mario Todeschini 98, 99 © Pablo Lehmann 100 © Kate Cunningham 114, 115 © Cara Barer 116, 117 © Brian Dettmer 118 The Internet Archive 121 © Arion Press 122 Tauchnitz (Leipzig) 126 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Andrea Reyes Elizondo 130 Karel van Mander, Theodoor Matham 134 Wikimedia Commons 139 © Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Ashmole 1504 f. 030v 140, 141 © Tauba Auerbach. Courtesy Paula Cooper Gallery, New York. 142 © Evy Jokhova 143 © Nicholas Galanin 144 © Junku Nishimura 149 © Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Ashmole 1504, f. 034v 150 Albert Robida 154 (CC BY 4.0) Hilary Drummond 165 © Bodleian Library, University of Oxford, MS. Ashmole 828 f. 019r 166 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) Andrea Reyes Elizondo 170 Smithsonian Institution Libraries 177 Walters Art Museum, Ms. W.599, f. 30a Letter from the Editor Dear Reader, Our Yapp project began in the early months of our master’s programme, Book and Digital Media Studies (BDMS), at Leiden University. With an unexpectedly large and incredibly diverse group we started our classes, hearing unfamiliar terms that would soon become very familiar indeed: the digital medium, the Order of the Book, manicula, the Text Encoding Initiative. At that point, I think it’s safe to say that most of us were still dreaming of a career in the publishing industry… even with the understanding that it was changing with each passing day. Last year, a group of students wanted to add practical experience to the theory and the philosophy of our classes. To this end, they decided to publish their own magazine. What started out as a small-scale exercise ended in a beautifully designed, well-curated publication they called “RE_”. The launch of RE_, timed to be held as their academic year ended and ours began, was a great success. It brought together students, faculty, and various industry professionals to meet and discuss the changing climate of book studies. This year, we are picking up the project where they left off. With a dedicated core team, a sizable group of supportive and enthusiastic classmates, and many wonderful contributors, we set out to publish a reader that would reflect our experiences during BDMS and the wider world of book studies from a variety of perspectives. Taking the concept of transition as our theme, we have 2 contributed some new design ideas, a new name, and increased the length and the breadth of the publication’s scope. If there is one thing that we have learned over the past year, it’s that the field of publishing is not the only moving target in the book industry. Digital media and mediums have changed—and will continue to change—all aspects of the production, marketing and consumption of books. Perhaps most radically, they are changing our perception of the book. With the world of the book in a state of such great transition, and with the future still so uncertain, we could not think of a more appropriate theme to address in the pages of Yapp. With this theme in mind, we have included articles and reviews, interviews and editorials, art and poems that address aspects of the past, present, and future of book studies. Our goal was to make Yapp a reflection of the diversity of our programme, and therefore ourselves; in that I believe we have succeeded. I hope you enjoy reading Yapp as much as we have enjoyed creating it. Noora Lamers Editor-in-Chief 3 Acknowledgements Were it not for a great number of people working behind the scenes, Yapp would never have been realized. We would like to take a moment to thank some of you here. It goes without saying that Yapp is the collective effort of our entire class, but we would especially like to thank those fellow students who contributed to Yapp with their writing, their corrections/editing, their time, their energy, and their enthusiastic support: Sophie Boisvert-Hearn, Eric Brotchie, Ruben Burbach, Lorne Darnell, Giulia Furegato, Giulia Moriconi, Anna Ntrouka, Adela Rauchova, Patricia Riley, Oliver Schwab, and Mathijs Timmermans. A very special thank you is extended to Universiteit Leiden and the faculty of the Book and Digital Media Studies programme, and in particular to Prof. Paul G. Hoftijzer, Fleur Praal, and Prof. Adriaan H. van der Weel. You were instrumental in orchestrating this publication and Yapp has benefitted immeasurably from your suggestions and your experience. The theme of Yapp this year is “Transition”, and much of the material addresses the subject of print versus digital text. Without the generous support of Herman Pabbruwe and Brill, the esteemed academic publishing house, Yapp would most likely have been published exclusively digitally. This would have been a regrettable loss, and the print edition of Yapp is entirely thanks to Mr. Pabbruwe and Brill. We would also like to thank Alexander Dek for his help with production, 4 Anja van Hoek for her marketing savvy, and Pim Rietbroek for his editorial assistance. We sincerely hope that the invaluable relationship between Brill and the academic community at Leiden continues for many years to come. To all the professional artists who graciously allowed us to freely publish images of their work, thank you. Visual representation of the many ways that books can be ‘transitioned’ into new conceptual forms has made Yapp a much more aesthetically thought-provoking publication. We would also like to thank Silvia Zwaaneveldt of De Baaierd Printing for teaching us the proper way to use a printing press, and for contributing material for the Lissitzky insert; Kate Cunningham for her various creative gifts; everyone who donated time, energy and items for the book sale; and finally, Marcus Graf for his technical and design support. And his muscles. Iedereen bedankt voor alle hulp en ondersteuning, The Yapp team 5 INTRODUCTION Meet the students and faculty of BDMS 2012-13 8 “Mag ik mij even voorstellen?” BDMS student demographics at a glance marcus graf, andrea reyes elizondo 10 Pandora's box of text technology Text technology and the future of book studies adriaan van der weel LEGO, ERGO SUM Essays by BDMS students exploring various aspects of book studies 32 Reminiscences A brief introduction to ‘bookwork’ graţiela elena dumitrică 42 Remembrance of scents past Bibliophiles and the nostalgia for decomposition anna ntrouka STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS OF GIANTS A closer look at the three ages of textual transmission: manuscript, print, and digital 68 Poet, geometer, architect, scribe Pushing the boundaries of medieval textuality hilary drummond 86 “Every original spirit… saying nothing new” The printing press and the dawn of Humanism in Holland mathijs timmermans TEXTUAL BIOGRAPHIES The life and times of five exceptional titles 118 Flatland: a romance of many dimensions Well-rounded Victorian satire penned by A. Square anna ntrouka 122 Uncle Tom’s Cabin Literary protest against slavery in the American South marleen van os THE FINAL WORDS Chronology, analysis, dialogue, poesy 144 Yapping through the ages A timeline of literary canines sophie boisvert-hearn 150 If print is dead, anything is possible A review of Alessandro Ludovico’s Post-digital Printing kate cunningham 16 Disciplinary measures: Münster visit, December 2012 A report on the BDMS exchange with Münster eric brotchie 20 The professor's bookshelf An interview with Prof.