Finish the last remaining graf in the intro to the Bible-in-Arabic chapter
Expand the discussion of Drory’s revision of Blau on J-A
Make sure all footnotes for B-i-A chapter are complete
Make addition to poetry chapter per reviewer’s suggestion
(This one ^ turned out to be much more involved than I was expecting — much more a problem of reception history than one directly related to the texts I’m writing about in my book. So for the moment, I’ve done a preliminary documentation of the issue in a discursive footnote, and might come back to it once I have the whole rest of the manuscript squared away, if I have time.)
Revise little intro section of poetry chapter for flow within MS
Send poetry chapter to copy-editor for pre-read
Write abstract for Columbia seminar
Write Columbia seminar talk
Find and re-scan original line drawings for 13th-C volume
Send line drawings to volume edtitor
Plan out Burgos visit
(^halfway done so far)
Plan out walking tour of Madrid
(^halfway done so far)
Write up Toledo notes for graduate assistant
Review manuscript
Change all book footnotes to short-form citation
Fax payment info for image reproductions to the Bodleian
Reread book manuscript to reign in Straussian overstatement
Edit/expand book conclusion
Retranslate passage from Benjamin of Tudela
Restranslate passage from Samawal al-Maghribi
Finish text-translation appendix
Finish graduate seminar syllabus
Assemble undergraduate course pack
Revisit terminology of fiction and fantasy in the last chapter
Make sure all lacunae in library chapter are filled in