Zo herkenbaar!!

Klinkt soms als opscheppen, maar is wel nodig om het belang van dat archief te duiden 😅

Benieuwd wat je denkt!

And then there was day 3 in the sun-soaked garden and auditorium of the Rubenshuis with our final set of sessions focusing on research methodologies, physical spaces of production, and how women represented themselves in the world of books!

2) Seventeenth-century copy of the St John’s Gospel in an envelop binding!

Yes! The manuscript is now bound in a modern binding, but it is clear that the fur was supposed to be the exterior of the earlier binding!

💙📚📜 #rarebooks #bookhistory

Are you looking for info on historical bindings or binding practices? Mirjam Foot’s Bookbinders at Work is a great introduction, & her overall research is great too, just like Pickwoad’s. I’m focusing on bindings attributed to Plantin, who learnt the trade in France, so if I can be of any help?

Latin remarks on the text!

Oh believe me, if it were up to me … 😄

Thanks, flagged as one of my favourites!

Great idea, but I’m afraid is too short notice!