Margaret of York, wife of Charles the Bold, with St Goedele’s Church in Brussels in the background (ca 1470). Royal Library, Brussels. Shared by @Jan Pauwels

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A Vatican library stamp is stamped into the empty space left over for a miniature in an early modern manuscript. The detail is from the Vatican Library Ott.lat.1235 (page: 1r). Access a digital copy here: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.lat.1235

A Vatican library stamp is stamped into the empty space left over for a miniature in an early modern manuscript. The page (1r) is from the Vatican Library Ott.lat.1235. Access a digital copy here: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.lat.1235

Hi, this is a slow-moving thread of library stamps being present in old books.

To celebrate the start of the #LibraryStampMadness series, let's enjoy this Bull's eye moment of a Vatican library stamp being stamped with full librarian joy into the empty space left over for a miniature. #skystorians

And went to hear her husband speak in the Commons; she was one of the earliest occupants of the ladies' gallery in the temporary House of Commons: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2024/03/08/t...

Very excited to see the article I wrote with my colleague, Alexandra Foulds, in print!

Take a look to find out more about Gladstone in the digital age and the first large-scale digitisation project @gladlib.bsky.social

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Picturing Pennant is a new crowdsourcing project to "tag" the illustrations in Thomas Pennant's eighteenth-century Tours of Wales and Scotland.

Can you help us identify the places, people, and much more in these wonderful illustrated volumes?

While down a research rabbit hole, I came across this portrait of a 3-year-old Margaret of Austria, created in 1483. It's believed to be the earliest known portrait of her. Love how feisty she looks!
(Musée national des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon)

Another absolute gem by Rogier van der Weyden! This painting of an unknown sitter was created in c.1460. Her attire & heavily plucked hairline have led some art historians to suggest that she was a member of the Burgundian court.
(National Gallery of Art, Washington. Public Domain)

Next time you are on EEBO or ECCO and see a thumbprint in the corner, remember it is likely the hands of women digitizing books in London basements during the blitz. They didnt know if the books would survive.