Peter Sjökvist
@sjokvist.bsky.social
Librarian & Latinist. Uppsala University.
Open lecture, 23 October 16:00, Uppsala University Library.
The Republic of Letters under the Hammer? Valuation and Pricing at Early Modern Book Auctions
Lecturer: Dr. Elizabeth Harding, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.
libcal.ub.uu.se/event/4451365
The Republic of Letters under the Hammer? Valuation and Pricing at Early Modern Book Auctions
Lecturer: Dr. Elizabeth Harding, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.
libcal.ub.uu.se/event/4451365
October 17, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Open lecture, 23 October 16:00, Uppsala University Library.
The Republic of Letters under the Hammer? Valuation and Pricing at Early Modern Book Auctions
Lecturer: Dr. Elizabeth Harding, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.
libcal.ub.uu.se/event/4451365
The Republic of Letters under the Hammer? Valuation and Pricing at Early Modern Book Auctions
Lecturer: Dr. Elizabeth Harding, Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel.
libcal.ub.uu.se/event/4451365
Uppsala University Library is hosting a two-day international symposium on Jesuit libraries.
The symposium is part of a long-standing collaboration between Uppsala University Library and the University Library in Poznań, and is open to anyone interested.
The programme: uu.se/library
The symposium is part of a long-standing collaboration between Uppsala University Library and the University Library in Poznań, and is open to anyone interested.
The programme: uu.se/library
October 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Uppsala University Library is hosting a two-day international symposium on Jesuit libraries.
The symposium is part of a long-standing collaboration between Uppsala University Library and the University Library in Poznań, and is open to anyone interested.
The programme: uu.se/library
The symposium is part of a long-standing collaboration between Uppsala University Library and the University Library in Poznań, and is open to anyone interested.
The programme: uu.se/library
Ny publikation ute idag, med texter om svenska latindiktare 🥳
Finns fritt tillgänglig i DiVA via länken www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
Medverkande är: Krister Östlund, Arsenii Vetushko-Kalevich, Axel Hörstedt, Elena Dahlberg, Peter Sjökvist, Arne Jönsson, Astrid Nilsson, och Hans Aili.
Finns fritt tillgänglig i DiVA via länken www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
Medverkande är: Krister Östlund, Arsenii Vetushko-Kalevich, Axel Hörstedt, Elena Dahlberg, Peter Sjökvist, Arne Jönsson, Astrid Nilsson, och Hans Aili.
September 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Ny publikation ute idag, med texter om svenska latindiktare 🥳
Finns fritt tillgänglig i DiVA via länken www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
Medverkande är: Krister Östlund, Arsenii Vetushko-Kalevich, Axel Hörstedt, Elena Dahlberg, Peter Sjökvist, Arne Jönsson, Astrid Nilsson, och Hans Aili.
Finns fritt tillgänglig i DiVA via länken www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
Medverkande är: Krister Östlund, Arsenii Vetushko-Kalevich, Axel Hörstedt, Elena Dahlberg, Peter Sjökvist, Arne Jönsson, Astrid Nilsson, och Hans Aili.
Simon McKeown opening the 13th conference for emblem studies in Vienna this morning.
July 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Simon McKeown opening the 13th conference for emblem studies in Vienna this morning.
Reposted by Peter Sjökvist
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
Ny antologi om specialsamlingar publicerad idag, med undertecknad och Henning Hansen som redaktörer 🥳
Stort tack till de medverkande författarna!
Boken finns fritt tillgänglig i DiVA, där fysiska exemplar strax också kommer att kunna köpas: www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
Stort tack till de medverkande författarna!
Boken finns fritt tillgänglig i DiVA, där fysiska exemplar strax också kommer att kunna köpas: www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
www.diva-portal.org
May 23, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Ny antologi om specialsamlingar publicerad idag, med undertecknad och Henning Hansen som redaktörer 🥳
Stort tack till de medverkande författarna!
Boken finns fritt tillgänglig i DiVA, där fysiska exemplar strax också kommer att kunna köpas: www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
Stort tack till de medverkande författarna!
Boken finns fritt tillgänglig i DiVA, där fysiska exemplar strax också kommer att kunna köpas: www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/di...
A new anthology published with articles on Retrospective National Bibliographies, in the CERL Papers Series. With a modest contribution by myself. www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/ddo/artikel/...
www.harrassowitz-verlag.de
May 2, 2025 at 10:30 AM
A new anthology published with articles on Retrospective National Bibliographies, in the CERL Papers Series. With a modest contribution by myself. www.harrassowitz-verlag.de/ddo/artikel/...
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 Peter Sjökvist
Excellent lecture today by @dcvanderlinden.bsky.social and Rebekah Ahrendt on the Brienne collection and 'Dirty Metadata and Clean Cataloguing'. This was the last lecture organised by the project. It couldn't have had a better ending!
April 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Excellent lecture today by @dcvanderlinden.bsky.social and Rebekah Ahrendt on the Brienne collection and 'Dirty Metadata and Clean Cataloguing'. This was the last lecture organised by the project. It couldn't have had a better ending!
Outi Merisalo lecturing on the dispersion of the library of Pico della Mirandola in the Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza of lovely Venice
April 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Outi Merisalo lecturing on the dispersion of the library of Pico della Mirandola in the Palazzo Barbarigo della Terrazza of lovely Venice
Reposted by Peter Sjökvist
Our lecture series continues! Welcome to Carolina Rediviva for an exciting talk by @dcvanderlinden.bsky.social & Rebekah Ahrendt.
April 1, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Our lecture series continues! Welcome to Carolina Rediviva for an exciting talk by @dcvanderlinden.bsky.social & Rebekah Ahrendt.
Elin Andersson about to lecture on the country house library of Säbylund, which will soon be reconstructed at the Rogge library in Strängnäs
March 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Elin Andersson about to lecture on the country house library of Säbylund, which will soon be reconstructed at the Rogge library in Strängnäs
Time to document the books from the collection of this handsome fellow. Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie once owned the largest library outside of the royal family in Sweden.
February 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Time to document the books from the collection of this handsome fellow. Magnus Gabriel De la Gardie once owned the largest library outside of the royal family in Sweden.
Reposted by Peter Sjökvist
Gustav III:s arkiv har använts så flitigt av forskare att det till sist var för slitet för att lånas ut. Sedan tre år tillbaka pågår ett projekt för att laga samlingen och digitalisera den. svenskhistoria.se/gustav-iiis-... #svhist
Gustav III:s unika arkiv snart tillgängligt digitalt - Nättidningen Svensk Historia
Gustav III testamenterade sitt arkiv till Uppsala universitets-bibliotek och materialet har använts så flitigt av forskare att det till sist var för slitet för att lånas ut. Sedan tre år tillbaka…
svenskhistoria.se
January 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Gustav III:s arkiv har använts så flitigt av forskare att det till sist var för slitet för att lånas ut. Sedan tre år tillbaka pågår ett projekt för att laga samlingen och digitalisera den. svenskhistoria.se/gustav-iiis-... #svhist
King Sigismund’s book collection at Uppsala University Library completed. Search the titles in Libris: libris.kb.se/hitlist?d=li...
December 20, 2024 at 2:57 PM
King Sigismund’s book collection at Uppsala University Library completed. Search the titles in Libris: libris.kb.se/hitlist?d=li...
Book owned by the eccentric philologist Marcus Meibom (1630-1711) located in the stacks of Uppsala University Library. Acquired directly from Meibom in Amsterdam in 1696.
December 12, 2024 at 3:11 PM
Book owned by the eccentric philologist Marcus Meibom (1630-1711) located in the stacks of Uppsala University Library. Acquired directly from Meibom in Amsterdam in 1696.
Anna Peräla, who has an unsurpassable knowledge of early modern Nordic typography, giving the Georg Svensson lecture at the National Library of Sweden.
November 30, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Anna Peräla, who has an unsurpassable knowledge of early modern Nordic typography, giving the Georg Svensson lecture at the National Library of Sweden.
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Looted Libraries, Looted Books
"Looted Libraries, Looted Books" published on 28 Nov 2024 by Brill.
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November 27, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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