De lente hangt in de lucht!
Spring is in the air!
#plantenvanplantijn
#museumplantinmoretus
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De lente hangt in de lucht!
Spring is in the air!
#plantenvanplantijn
#museumplantinmoretus
A little drawing of red chalk on a blank page of the printer’s mark of the Plantin Press; a hand with an open compass
Flyleaf in the book with pen trials: the name of Franciscus Raphelengius II and his monogram
Flyleaf in the book with pen trials: the name of Franciscus Raphelengius II and his monogram as well as some letters repeated
Title page of the book with printed text. The title reads: Elegantiarum puerilium ex Marci Tulii Ciceronis epistolis libri II ... cui nunc in gratiam juventutis accessit interpretatio Gallica. Above the imprint is a woodcut illustration of Willem Silvius’ printer’s mark
At Museum Plantin-Moretus we still hold the family’s own books.
This 1566 Antwerp edition of Cicero, once owned by Franciscus Raphelengius II, is filled with his pen trials, monograms and even a red‑chalk sketch of the Plantin press device.
Such objects bring us closer to the people who lived here.
Our unicorn is the first to arrive in Potsdam for the "World Summit of Unicorns"
#museumbarberini
#unicorn
#einhorn
Na een leven gewijd te hebben aan het opmeten van de aarde, mag hij het nu gaan proberen in hogere sferen.
After a life dedicated to measuring the Earth, he can now try his luck in higher spheres.
In memoriam Frans Depuydt (1939-2025)
Studying #earlymodern #bookhistory, #rarebooks, or print culture? Antwerp’s Museum Plantin-Moretus & the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library offer unmatched treasures.
Apply for the Nottebohm Fellowship by October 1: museumplantinmoretus.be/en/page/fell...! 💙📚📜
@thislittlelog.bsky.social So far two pieces of music have been transcribed. The paper is folded and bound, however, so we know there's more.
The two pieces have been translated into lute tablature and will be made available soon.
So far two pieces of music have been transcribed. The paper is folded and bound, however, so we know there's more.
The two pieces have been translated into lute tablature and will be made available soon.
Lynda Sayce plays a piece of lute music that was recently discovered in an archival document at the Museum Plantin-Moretus. Since the handwritten lute tablature was folded and reused as scrap paper, it's problaby the first time in 400 years that this music is heard.
A few years ago we celebrated life together under the motto "Life is a song, sing it".
All beautiful songs come to an end. Fortunately, every ending is also a new beginning.
Grateful for what has been, we now each go our own way. We remain connected, through the love for our children.
Strange that no one asked which engravings are on the image side of the newly acquired copper plates. The answer: the images on pages 103 and 123 of Otto van Veen, Amoris divini emblemata (Antwerp, M. Nutius & J. Meursius, 1615; Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana B. Moreti, 1660).
#copperplates
Greetings from Antwerp!
Later this year this Unicorn woodblock will travel to Potsdam for the exhibition "Unicorn: The Mythical Beast in Art".
Great day at work today. Purchase of two 17th century copper plates, both with a mark of the Antwerp coppersmith Peeter Stas. Here is a photo and macro shot of the same mark on one of the plates.
#copperplates
March 8, 2025: Wonderful woodblocks and curious copper plates
Paper presentation for the Antwerp Bibliophile Society
"A number of recent discoveries are being pieced together for the first time."
At your service 😃
Recurring apostrophe failures
Museum Kurhaus Kleve – Sammlung Robert Angerhausen, Kleve, Deutschland, SAK 1126
Book launch poster with book cover on the left. The red cover has a large black oval mirror framed by sci-fi and fantasy monsters, with yellow lettering in a stylized font with details that resemble whale-tails and bats’ wings. Title at the top: Humans: A Monstrous History. Along the bottom curve of the mirror: Surekha Davies. Center of banner are date, time, and names of presenters: Leah Redmond Chang, Surekha Davies, Ricardo Padrón, Caroline Dodds Pennock, Tamara J. Walker. Bottom of banner: Society for Renaissance Studies and its phoenix logo.
Virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY @ucpress.bsky.social, hosted by @srsrensoc.bsky.social! Weds Feb 19th 9:30am PST / 12:30pm EST / 5:30pm GMT / 6:30pm CET.
Register now! Pub date Feb 4. 1/15
💙📚 🗃 #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #HAMH
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Detail of the sheet of paper with parts of a woodcut volvelle diagram printed depicting solar movements
Sheet of paper with parts of a woodcut volvelle diagram printed depicting solar movements and below printed text in Latin
![Title page of the book with the short title ‘Sphaera […] emendata’. The imprint below a printer’s mark with the motto ‘Fortuna rotat omne datum’ reads Antvverpiae apud Joannem Richardum 1566.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hoi7rsxw4y2k74pdmuqwxfhp/bafkreif4honaxxwxfjruer5ahxossuawbonqmes76kzskim64kipw7tuea@jpeg)
Title page of the book with the short title ‘Sphaera […] emendata’. The imprint below a printer’s mark with the motto ‘Fortuna rotat omne datum’ reads Antvverpiae apud Joannem Richardum 1566.
Unexpected Friday find: a sheet bound in a Sammelband after a 1566 Antwerp edition of Joannes de Sacrobosco’s Sphaera with uncut parts of a volvelle diagram(!)
#earlymodern #rarebooks #bookhistory #woodcut #printhistory 📜 📚💙
Thank you! You make my day!
Date: early 17th century
Map detectives to the rescue (bis)!
We're looking for a (most probably) 2-sheet map of Geldern with this cartouche in the lower right corner (copper plates reversed here). The text reads "La deffaicte de l'Ennemy pa[r] Son Exc. Comte Henry van[den] Berg[h]"
Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
For a couple of hours
On a beautiful day
#wallacecollection
#hiddengeminlondon
Dimensions of the entire map: c. 217 x 237 mm
The first image was taken from the album "One size fits all" of the Canadian a cappella group The Nylons. That was the first record I ever bought. 😃
On top of the map there are two smaller town views of (the sieges of) the neighboring towns Heidelberg an Mannheim. The original copper plate has been cut into 7 pieces to be re-engraved on the back.
The mosaic image of the plates is mirrored to give an idea of the printed map.
Map detectives to the rescue!
We are searching for a printed map depicting the siege of Frankenthal (Pfalz), which happened from 1621 to 1623.
#blocksplatesstones
#earlymodernmaps
#skystorians
#maphistory
