Henning Hansen
@henninghansen.bsky.social
Book historian & research librarian at the Swedish National Heritage Board & UiT The Arctic University of Norway. History of reading, Provenance, Cartography & Library history. @sharpweb.org aficionado.
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My latest article explores the Oxenstierna family Bible: an annotated 1646 Swedish Bible once owned by the diplomat and statesman Count Bengt Oxenstierna (1623–1702). Read it here (in Swedish!): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #bookhistory #swedishhistory
The Louvre heist reminds me of other times when cultural treasures disappeared. One story that stays with me is the loss of the Golden Horns of Gallehus, Denmark, stolen in 1802 by a goldsmith who melted them down.
Engraving in Jacobæus' "Museum regium" [1696], The Swedish National Heritage Board.
Engraving in Jacobæus' "Museum regium" [1696], The Swedish National Heritage Board.
October 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The Louvre heist reminds me of other times when cultural treasures disappeared. One story that stays with me is the loss of the Golden Horns of Gallehus, Denmark, stolen in 1802 by a goldsmith who melted them down.
Engraving in Jacobæus' "Museum regium" [1696], The Swedish National Heritage Board.
Engraving in Jacobæus' "Museum regium" [1696], The Swedish National Heritage Board.
It's finally happed. The telephone directory has become a collector's item. auctionet.com/sv/4585726-d...
DAN WOLGERS. Telefonkatalog, Gula Sidorna K-Ö, Stockholm, 1992.
21 x 27 cm
auctionet.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It's finally happed. The telephone directory has become a collector's item. auctionet.com/sv/4585726-d...
Välkommen till årets Rettigsymposium! Det äger rum den 26 november kl 13:15. Programmet bjuder på föredrag och samtal om aktuella forskningsprojekt knutna till Riksantikvarieämbetets arkiv och bibliotek. Evenemanget är kostnadsfritt och öppet för allmänheten – men föranmälan krävs: lnkd.in/dg_yv_Tv
September 29, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Välkommen till årets Rettigsymposium! Det äger rum den 26 november kl 13:15. Programmet bjuder på föredrag och samtal om aktuella forskningsprojekt knutna till Riksantikvarieämbetets arkiv och bibliotek. Evenemanget är kostnadsfritt och öppet för allmänheten – men föranmälan krävs: lnkd.in/dg_yv_Tv
Last week marked the inaugural meeting of the research network Objects of Knowledge, hosted at University of Copenhagen. It was a pleasure meeting everyone. I talked briefly about a fascinating item from our collections: one of Johannes Bureus’ copper plates.
comm.ku.dk/research/inf...
comm.ku.dk/research/inf...
September 24, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Last week marked the inaugural meeting of the research network Objects of Knowledge, hosted at University of Copenhagen. It was a pleasure meeting everyone. I talked briefly about a fascinating item from our collections: one of Johannes Bureus’ copper plates.
comm.ku.dk/research/inf...
comm.ku.dk/research/inf...
Why is it assumed that the 'lectrice' would skip the preface, unlike the 'lecteur'? Women’s reading has long been a concern. This 1833 example suggests that the way a woman read was as much a subject of critique as the content she read.
Preface in Fournier & Arnould’s "Struensée" [Paris 1833].
Preface in Fournier & Arnould’s "Struensée" [Paris 1833].
September 8, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Why is it assumed that the 'lectrice' would skip the preface, unlike the 'lecteur'? Women’s reading has long been a concern. This 1833 example suggests that the way a woman read was as much a subject of critique as the content she read.
Preface in Fournier & Arnould’s "Struensée" [Paris 1833].
Preface in Fournier & Arnould’s "Struensée" [Paris 1833].
Three weeks to go!
Call for applications: The Royal Swedish Academy of History, Letters and Antiquities is offering fellowships to young scholars and civil servants for projects dealing with the special collections at the Swedish National Heritage Board. Apply by 30 August 2025. www.raa.se/rettig
August 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Three weeks to go!
Took a short break from the #SHARP2025 conference to visit the George Eastman Museum and was pleased to find a pretty library and cool book photos
July 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Took a short break from the #SHARP2025 conference to visit the George Eastman Museum and was pleased to find a pretty library and cool book photos
Printers’ devices on the doors of Rush Rhees Library ✨ #SHARP2025
July 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Printers’ devices on the doors of Rush Rhees Library ✨ #SHARP2025
Reposted by Henning Hansen
Beautiful conclusion from @henninghansen.bsky.social!
By turning to these bibles, we can "restore voices that were never meant to disappear"
#SHARP2025
By turning to these bibles, we can "restore voices that were never meant to disappear"
#SHARP2025
July 9, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Beautiful conclusion from @henninghansen.bsky.social!
By turning to these bibles, we can "restore voices that were never meant to disappear"
#SHARP2025
By turning to these bibles, we can "restore voices that were never meant to disappear"
#SHARP2025
Reposted by Henning Hansen
The first book containing Sámi literature was published as far back as 1673.
@amybrigataswanson.bsky.social used the image from @wikipedia.org. @henninghansen.bsky.social sitting next to me tells me he recognizes it: it's from the University of Tromsø, where he worked 😛
#SHARP2025
@amybrigataswanson.bsky.social used the image from @wikipedia.org. @henninghansen.bsky.social sitting next to me tells me he recognizes it: it's from the University of Tromsø, where he worked 😛
#SHARP2025
Lapponia (book) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
July 8, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The first book containing Sámi literature was published as far back as 1673.
@amybrigataswanson.bsky.social used the image from @wikipedia.org. @henninghansen.bsky.social sitting next to me tells me he recognizes it: it's from the University of Tromsø, where he worked 😛
#SHARP2025
@amybrigataswanson.bsky.social used the image from @wikipedia.org. @henninghansen.bsky.social sitting next to me tells me he recognizes it: it's from the University of Tromsø, where he worked 😛
#SHARP2025
At the #SHARP25 conference in Rochester and enjoying Marie’s paper - both creative and intriguing!
July 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
At the #SHARP25 conference in Rochester and enjoying Marie’s paper - both creative and intriguing!
My latest article explores the Oxenstierna family Bible: an annotated 1646 Swedish Bible once owned by the diplomat and statesman Count Bengt Oxenstierna (1623–1702). Read it here (in Swedish!): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #bookhistory #swedishhistory
July 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
My latest article explores the Oxenstierna family Bible: an annotated 1646 Swedish Bible once owned by the diplomat and statesman Count Bengt Oxenstierna (1623–1702). Read it here (in Swedish!): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #bookhistory #swedishhistory
Feel free to sign up for one of our online introductions to the collections, followed by Q&A, held on 17 June at 16:15 (Swedish) and 18 June at 16:15 (English).
www.raa.se/rettig
www.raa.se/rettig
June 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Feel free to sign up for one of our online introductions to the collections, followed by Q&A, held on 17 June at 16:15 (Swedish) and 18 June at 16:15 (English).
www.raa.se/rettig
www.raa.se/rettig
Call for applications: The Royal Swedish Academy of History, Letters and Antiquities is offering fellowships to young scholars and civil servants for projects dealing with the special collections at the Swedish National Heritage Board. Apply by 30 August 2025. www.raa.se/rettig
June 2, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Call for applications: The Royal Swedish Academy of History, Letters and Antiquities is offering fellowships to young scholars and civil servants for projects dealing with the special collections at the Swedish National Heritage Board. Apply by 30 August 2025. www.raa.se/rettig
Thrilled to share that the anthology "Från handskrift till digitalt kulturarv: Perspektiv på specialsamlingar", that I’ve co-edited with @sjokvist.bsky.social has been published.
It's available both in #openaccess and in print: www.diva-portal.org/smash/record....
#bookhistory #specialcollections
It's available both in #openaccess and in print: www.diva-portal.org/smash/record....
#bookhistory #specialcollections
May 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Thrilled to share that the anthology "Från handskrift till digitalt kulturarv: Perspektiv på specialsamlingar", that I’ve co-edited with @sjokvist.bsky.social has been published.
It's available both in #openaccess and in print: www.diva-portal.org/smash/record....
#bookhistory #specialcollections
It's available both in #openaccess and in print: www.diva-portal.org/smash/record....
#bookhistory #specialcollections
Huge book with the supralibros of Pope Pius VI (1717–1799) and the bookplate of Carl Fredrik Fredenheim (1748–1803). Fredenheim met the pope in Rome, while researching Swedish diploma and scouting art for the Swedish king. He was given papal permission to carry out excavations of Forum Romanum.
May 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Huge book with the supralibros of Pope Pius VI (1717–1799) and the bookplate of Carl Fredrik Fredenheim (1748–1803). Fredenheim met the pope in Rome, while researching Swedish diploma and scouting art for the Swedish king. He was given papal permission to carry out excavations of Forum Romanum.
Reposted by Henning Hansen
Conference ongoing on Dispersed Libraries and the fates of book collections after times of war at the beautiful Ossolineum in Wrocław
April 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Conference ongoing on Dispersed Libraries and the fates of book collections after times of war at the beautiful Ossolineum in Wrocław
Reposted by Henning Hansen
EX FUMO IN LUCEM, from the dark to the light.
This #earlymodern printing press is waiting for action. The motto was a marketing thing, as many publishers thought of themselves as bringers of light. To be more precise: they thought of themselves as sellers of enlightened paper goods. #bookhistory
This #earlymodern printing press is waiting for action. The motto was a marketing thing, as many publishers thought of themselves as bringers of light. To be more precise: they thought of themselves as sellers of enlightened paper goods. #bookhistory
February 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
EX FUMO IN LUCEM, from the dark to the light.
This #earlymodern printing press is waiting for action. The motto was a marketing thing, as many publishers thought of themselves as bringers of light. To be more precise: they thought of themselves as sellers of enlightened paper goods. #bookhistory
This #earlymodern printing press is waiting for action. The motto was a marketing thing, as many publishers thought of themselves as bringers of light. To be more precise: they thought of themselves as sellers of enlightened paper goods. #bookhistory
Important stuff
April 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Important stuff
It's like a 19C version of a 16C title page
April 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
It's like a 19C version of a 16C title page
The Swedish Research Council is offering 2 million SEK grants directed at scholars from outside Europe who want to relocate to Sweden and work at Swedish research institutions. The call opens 15 April. www.vr.se/english/just...
New grant for recruiting researchers active outside Europe
In mid-April, the Swedish Research Council will issue a call for grants of 2 million SEK to enable Swedish higher education institutions and other research organisations to recruit prominent researche...
www.vr.se
April 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Swedish Research Council is offering 2 million SEK grants directed at scholars from outside Europe who want to relocate to Sweden and work at Swedish research institutions. The call opens 15 April. www.vr.se/english/just...
The book history hive mind solved this in no time. The stamp is from the library of the Benediktinerstift Lambach / Lambach Abbey, in Lambach in Upper Austria. Thank you, @schrift-sprache.bsky.social!
Does anyone recognize this library stamp? It's clearly been tampered with. It's in a copy of Olaus Magnus' ‘Historia de gentibus sepentrionalibus’ (Rome 1555) with the supralibros of the Benedictine abbot Placidus Hieber von Greifenfels (1615–1678) of Lambach, Austria.
April 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The book history hive mind solved this in no time. The stamp is from the library of the Benediktinerstift Lambach / Lambach Abbey, in Lambach in Upper Austria. Thank you, @schrift-sprache.bsky.social!
Does anyone recognize this library stamp? It's clearly been tampered with. It's in a copy of Olaus Magnus' ‘Historia de gentibus sepentrionalibus’ (Rome 1555) with the supralibros of the Benedictine abbot Placidus Hieber von Greifenfels (1615–1678) of Lambach, Austria.
April 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Does anyone recognize this library stamp? It's clearly been tampered with. It's in a copy of Olaus Magnus' ‘Historia de gentibus sepentrionalibus’ (Rome 1555) with the supralibros of the Benedictine abbot Placidus Hieber von Greifenfels (1615–1678) of Lambach, Austria.
Title page from the print workshop of Lyon-based Guillaume Rouillé (c. 1504–1589). Rouillé is considered one of the finest humanist printers of his time, and is credited with the invention of the sextodecimo book format. [The Library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities]
March 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Title page from the print workshop of Lyon-based Guillaume Rouillé (c. 1504–1589). Rouillé is considered one of the finest humanist printers of his time, and is credited with the invention of the sextodecimo book format. [The Library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities]
Annotated Neungeomgyeong Sutra with Hangeul translation. Printed with movable (!) type in 1461, in both Hangeul and Eulhaeja type [National Museum of Korea, Seoul].
March 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Annotated Neungeomgyeong Sutra with Hangeul translation. Printed with movable (!) type in 1461, in both Hangeul and Eulhaeja type [National Museum of Korea, Seoul].