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Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · 18d

Des archives extraordinaires!

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · 18d

A disagreement over ostrich wool in Renaissance Rouen and fraudulent commercial practices...

My latest blog article with, as usual, an unpublished archival document:
renarchives.hypotheses.org/4502

(original kept in @archives76.bsky.social)

Engraving of three putti playing with an ostrich

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · 28d

And for those who are interested in the book that looks at this from a French perspective, it is now available in #openaccess here: books.openedition.org/pur/298922

(so easy to read in automatic translation too!)

#bookhistory #earlymodernhistory #frenchhistory

Entre l’atelier et le lecteur

L’impression et la lecture des livres de la Renaissance sont déjà bien connues. Mais ce qui se passait entre le moment où l’encre séchait sur les feuilles dans l’atelier de l’imprimeur et celui où un ...

books.openedition.org

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · 28d

For those of you who might be in _Berlin_ tomorrow, I will be talking about "Selling Printed Books: The Circulation and Distribution of Books in Europe (1450-1650)" at the _Institut für Geschichtswissenschaften_ @humboldtuni.bsky.social at 6.15 pm at the kind invitation of Prof. Dr. Matthias Pohlig

Engraving of a woman selling books - it features on the cover of 'Entre l'atelier et le lecteur: Le commerce du livre imprimé dans la France de la Renaissance': https://books.openedition.org/pur/298922

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Dec 2

A small fragment of a very early edition of Flavius Josephus's works printed in the Low Countries in around 1475.

The elegant pen-flourished initial probably saved this fragment...

(GW M15163 - @enssib.bsky.social collection)

#incunabula #incunable #fragmentology #fragments #bookhistory

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Nov 25

Nice case of a fake '1584 Viterbo' edition, undoubtedly printed in Paris in the 1620s.

The give away ?

The coat of arms of Marie de Medici engraved on the title page with the royal crown of France...

#bookhistory

Title page of the edition of the 'Sommaire des privilèges, exemptions et indulgences'

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Nov 22

"CONCLUSIONS

I will refrain from drawing any real conclusions."

Ah, ok.

#academia

Natasha Constantinidou @nconstantinidou.bsky.social · Nov 18

Very pleased to be hosting the 13th Sammelband 15-16 event in Nicosia from tomorrow, co-organised with @lankian.bsky.social

You can take a look at the programme here:
sammelband.hypotheses.org/2810

Nicosia conference programme

. The thirteenth event organised by the Sammelband 15-16 project group on Sammelbände and instruction will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus from 19-21 November 2025. We are delighted to share the programme ...

sammelband.hypotheses.org

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Nov 14

These snippets of lost verse turn up in the most unlikely of places...

It's probably a variant of the well-known French bawdy song 'La Rirette'

fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Rire...

La Rirette — Wikipédia

fr.wikipedia.org

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Nov 14

To end the week, a few lines of an unknown 16th-century song jotted down on the cover of a notarial register in Le Puy en Velay:

'Et pourquoy se dormoit elle / La petite Jannetton / Et pourquoy se dormoit elle / Sur le chemin de Lyon'

Verse written on the cover of a register

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Oct 21

Félicitations, Nicolas !

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Oct 13

Sorry for answering a year late ... 🙄

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Oct 13

He is holding his heart... It is one of the most extraordinary pieces of renaissance art - just fantastic

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Sep 29

Lovely double manicule !

(And Charles VI 😉)

The Edward Worth Library, Dublin @edwardworthlib.bsky.social · Sep 25

Edward Worth Library is delighted to announce that our newest online exhibition, which is on early modern books about birds, is now available:
birds.edwardworthlibrary.ie

Enjoy and please share! @rspb.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social @bto-gbw.bsky.social @birdwatchireland.bsky.social

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Sep 24

Glad it's made it north of the Channel!

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Sep 24

Frankly, I would use whatever helps...

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Sep 24

I have just noticed that it is now available as an eBook for just under € 12 - a tariff-busting deal 😂

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Sep 11

Delighted to announce the publication of my latest book on the distribution and sale of printed books in Renaissance France...

(cheap at just € 25 😉)
pur-editions.fr/product/1027...

#bookhistory #history #renaissance

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Sep 19

Sure! If you dm me your email address, I will send you some information and photos!

Malcolm Walsby @lankian.bsky.social · Sep 12

A lovely series of fragments in the binding of this Genevan imprint - so much to research about circulation from these manuscripts survivals (especially for works that should have been technically banned and are nevertheless in Catholic areas)!