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SUMMARY:Piecing together the 19th-century Lisbon zoological collections th
 rough catalogue lists\, specimen tags and paper slips - Catarina Madruga (
 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam &amp\; University of Lisbon)
DTSTART:20201012T120000Z
DTEND:20201012T130000Z
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CONTACT:Joanne Green
DESCRIPTION:Amidst the permanent scent of alcohol evaporating from glass j
 ars and the surreptitious presence of beady glass-eyes on mounted specimen
 s\, a great part of a 19th-century naturalist's work was surrounded by pap
 er. Scientific books and catalogues\, journal issues and offprints\, speci
 men tags and notebooks filled with drawings and measurements were but a fe
 w of the paper items essential for the work inside a zoology museum.\n\nPa
 per technologies played a considerable role in the daily routines of museu
 m workers and influenced the organisation of physical specimens in shelves
  and drawers. On the other hand\, writing articles and books\, revising\, 
 and finally publishing them was supported by an intense use of paper notes
 \, index cards\, and constantly updated manuscript catalogues.\n\nThis pap
 er will analyse the diversity of the script and printed materials of the z
 oological museum of Lisbon and exemplify some of the paper tools of the tr
 ade behind the publication of catalogues\, scientific books\, and journal 
 articles. While the 19th-century Lisbon zoological collections no longer e
 xist today\, unpublished sources from the historical archive will be used 
 to illustrate the use of paper in a variety of ways.
LOCATION:Zoom
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