I found the footnotes. They're in the ebook version but not the PDF. A footnote tells me Tuchman found out the detail about the crossbow strings getting weaker from a rainstorm from the chronicles of Jean de Venette. Also that "Crécy buffs" debate whether this is possible and experiment by intentionally soaking bowstrings.

Joseph stirring the pot. dispute between rashi and ramban regarding which brothers are subject of his reports: does he align himself with the sons of the slavewomen, or does he betray them?

In Utrecht at a lecture on Riza Nur's 1700-page "self-encyclopedia" and the Istanbul Encyclopedia archive

From streets to architectural structures, from important or common people and the customs of the city to historical events and urban legends, numerous subjects were recorded through story-like narratives and illustrations. A collaborative work of esteemed historians, literary scholars, academics, and artists of the period, Istanbul Encyclopedia presents a unique blend of the tezkire [biographical anthology] tradition and Western encyclopedism, shaped around Koçu’s personal interests. It is not merely a reference source, a compilation of testimonies, or a massive effort to include everything about Istanbul; it is an extraordinary work that constructs a unique idea or image of Istanbul by processing all the material through certain hierarchies of significance and strategies of inclusion/exclusion. The encyclopedia was only printed up to the letter G during Koçu’s lifetime, which makes up the first 11 volumes.

11am: more coffee

first day of Kinders today! They were wiping snotty noses on my leg and struggling to locate the cafeteria.

Hegel, Vorlesungen über die Geschichte der Philosophie

Wer Augen hat zu sehen, muss er erkennen, dass der Rathschlag des Senats von Haus aus mehr war und mehr sein sollte als ein einfacher Rathschlag und als Fesselung der Executive empfunden und behandelt ward. Der Uebergang dieses potenzirten Rechts den Magistrat zu berathen in die Bindung desselben durch Senatsschluss ist wohl in vielhundertjährigem Kampf zwischen Magistratur und Senat entwickelt worden; aber der Keim dazu liegt in der Institution selbst.

Die ebenso eminente und effective wie unbestimmte und formell unfundirte Machtstellung des Senats wird in der späteren Republik regelmässig mit dem in entsprechender Weise verschwommenen und aller strengen Definition sich entziehenden Worte auctoritas bezeichnet.