Introducing @1st_Folio_Scans - Shakespeare's First Folio on Twitter
By @edent
· shakehack twitter · 250 words
As part of the Shakespeare Hackday I attended a few weeks ago, we discussed some creative uses of social media. Could we find people tweeting rhyming couplets from the sonnets, for example?
I decided, in the limited time available, to create something much simpler. Because the Bodleian Library's scans of the First Folio are under a generous Creative Commons license, it's possible to share the images freely. And quite right too!
I decided to place the archive onto Twitter. This account - @1st_Folio_Scans - simply exists as a simple way to browse through the scans. The account doesn't interact - or even post updates any more. It's a static account, for you to read through at your leisure.
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Depending on how you read Twitter - through an app, the website, or API - you should be able to scroll through the scans. For example, open https://twitter.com/1st_Folio_Scans/media and click on a photo - you should see "previous" and "next" links.
Oh, if you're wondering what some of the stains are on the page, it's probably apple juice!
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We can also see which pages were most well-read.
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So, there you go, take a read of @1st_Folio_Scans when you have a moment.
