Old paper collector
@Ex_Libris_68
Collector of early modern Antwerp books and book bindings with recycled parchment. The pictures I post are from my collection.
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07-07-2010 11:30:38
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An unexpected #fragmentfriday find - a Bede homily (and some later friends) hitching a ride on the binding of a 1543 ed. of Andrea Fulvio's works - searchworks.stanford.edu/view/171899
'The idea that one might deliberately take apart a book & use it for something else might be cringe-inducing, but it was a practice that was widespread in medieval & early-modern periods'. Find out more about paper scraps in the Rare Book coll #Ontheblog blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/2024/…
Stumbled upon a shopping list tucked into the 1578/1579 collected works of Hieronymus—sugar, tea, coffee, snuff, possibly a hat. Even centuries ago, book lovers multitasked! 📚✍️
I 😍these finds!
#HistoryInBooks #UnexpectedFinds
Marlene T. Diaz
Just explored a remarkable 1623 volume, 'Generale Kerckelicke Historie', penned by Rosweydus of the Jesuit order. With engravings designed by P.P. Rubens and crafted by L. Vorsterman, this work epitomizes the rich tapestry of #bookhistory in the early modern Low Countries.
Just in time for #FragmentFriday , Queen's College MS 389 now available on Digital Bodleian
digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/6dd82f…
Countless productive conversations, a few mussels and just over 10,000 photos later, and Louisa is back in blighty working on the next paper/article. Thanks to Kristof, Steven and Derek as always. You must visit Museum Plantin-Moretus and Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library whenever you can get to Antwerp!
Think your #ThrowbackTuesday is vintage? Check out Varisco's 1571 Venetian printer's mark. #Starbucks , your mermaid might have some explaining to do about her long-lost twin looking fabulous after 450 years!
#Retro #Twinning
#bookhistory
Happy earth day! 🌍
From Sedighe Onderwiise der Creatvren (Antwerp 1649).
#bookhistory
#emblemata
#EarthDay24
Exceptional capital A, made by Pieter van der Borcht in 1571. Found in Opera qvæ exstant omnia by Seneca, edited by Justus Lipsius (Moretus - Antwerp 1652).
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collectie.antwerpen.be/impressedbypla…
#bookhistory
#Renaissance
#plantiniana
Medieval manuscripts can teach us a lot about recycling. Paper and parchment were precious materials and often got reused. Look at this early medieval century codex with a leaf from a musical manuscript in its binding.
Latin MS 104 luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/s… #GreenRylands
To celebrate the start of our subreddit about Books before 1800, I generated this AI song with Suno. Very impressive! Please join us there, post cool books and share the knowledge!
📚🎶
reddit.com/r/BooksBefore1…
#bookhistory