Hi from Jenni
Hi my name is Jenni and I’m working with Anna to transcribe the Hooke Folio as part of a project between the Centre for Editing Lives and Letters and the Royal Society. We’ll be writing a blog each week to keep you updated with all our latest findings and to give you an insight into the project as it unfolds. We’d also really like you to get involved by adding comments or questions you might have about the folio.
My background’s in Museology, so as well as transcribing the folio, I’m also writing my PhD on the life and afterlife of the early Royal Society repository.
Part of my research involves trying to trace what happened to the objects of the repository, whether they are still around today or have been destroyed. The Hooke Folio talks about a Rhino horn donated by Sir Robert Southwell, so at the moment I’m trying to find that. It also mentions a dogs gall bladder stone and whilst it would be great to find it, I have to confess I’m not quite so keen to see it 
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