A page from ISTC il00129000 featuring all these stamps.
I am counting 4 modern library stamps on this printed page of a fifteenth-century book. Plus two library stamp shadows from the other side shimmering though. Well done, librarian of the past, well done.
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
the title page of a Gutenberg bible (ISTC ib00526000), made in 1455, with three library stamps.
That's three modern stamps on one manuscript page of 1455. No further questions.
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
A library stamp in the printed clouds above a printed skyline on an early modern broadside. Source: see the alt-text of the other image in this post.
![Broadside from 1628 with the title "Warhaffte Newe Zeitung/ von dem newen Comet[stern]/ [so in dem 1618. Jahr den ... De]cemb. erschienen/..." (VD17 12:666743C).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wwym6cglvbd5odxfkykn2uh2/bafkreihqaq5nyfefrdmfwito54ey5mjz6rplnnagebf34tsdolkc6h465q)
Broadside from 1628 with the title "Warhaffte Newe Zeitung/ von dem newen Comet[stern]/ [so in dem 1618. Jahr den ... De]cemb. erschienen/..." (VD17 12:666743C).
"Just hide the stamp in the clouds", said a librarian once and smiled.
Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory
It is like a new kind of #LibraryStampMadness is emerging: the big title page sticker …
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The stamp is, of course, an excellent argument for #LibraryStampMadness.
Page from VD17 7:701024V.
And this is Albin in 1601 (on a #Schreibkalender for the year 1602, printed in Leipzig) wearing his thinking hat in full glory. Some may find joy in the fact that there is also a prominent library stamp next to his head, #LibraryStampMadness.
Niche as niche can be: Do you know an expert for library stamps from the CCCP? And why did they stamp at the last page and not on the title pages like the Western libraries? #LibraryStampMadness
Oo-oo! Just seen a thread you might get a wee giggle from #librarystampmadness
Here's a Lyon 1572 imprint which had a nice Italian ownership stamp. Later, a bad child - Paolo Masotti of Forli - inked and printed coins of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, 1809-10, on the title page. William Blades listed "children" as one of the Enemies of Books (1888). #LibraryStampMadness
Back in 2018, I blogged about library stamps in connection with #StationersHall research. #LibraryStampMadness karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2018/12/06/y...
Title page of "Ein Gebet. So auff die angeordnete Bete- Buß- und Fasttage nach geendigter Predigt abzulesen" (VD17 28:719502G) featuring a library stamp touching the ornament and the subtitle only. https://rosdok.uni-rostock.de/resolve/id/rosdok_document_0000001201
Detail of the title page of "Ein Gebet. So auff die angeordnete Bete- Buß- und Fasttage nach geendigter Predigt abzulesen" (VD17 28:719502G): a library stamp touching the ornament and the subtitle only. https://rosdok.uni-rostock.de/resolve/id/rosdok_document_0000001201
"And today, we'll practice stamping without touching the main title", said a librarian of the #Rostock based 'Bibliothek der mecklenburgischen Ritter- und Landschaft' once.
"So, ornament and subtitle is fine?"
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
Another step forward in the #LibraryStampMadness series.
Titel page of a print from 1558 (from the Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal in Paris) featuring three stamps. One stamp is crossed out with ink. More details: https://mamot.fr/@NFerey/109443521466438262
"Find a decent way to make stamp 1 disappear" said the master librarian in Paris to the apprentice. "Two stamps are enough" echoed in his head while he was trying to make the first stamp unseen ...
Well, welcome to the #LibraryStampMadness series of #bookhistory fame.
page 1r of the manuscript Ott.lat.35 (Vatican Library: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Ott.lat.35 ) featuring a big library stamp in the illuminated initial "P".
Initials of old manuscripts attracted library stamps for centuries, as friends of #LibraryStampMadness may have noticed so far.
Here, a Vatican librarian couldn't resist to fill the free space in the big P initial. Volltreffer. #bookhistory #librarysky
page 1r of a manuscript (Vatican Library, Pal.lat.1164) showing a big library stamp in the free space of the text. https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Pal.lat.1164
"This time, I am gonna hide the library stamp somewhere in between the lines", maybe said a librarian in the Vatican once and tried not to touch the two big initials.
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues. #bookhistory
You see a very badly printed Mercury from 1631 and a blue stamp disaster from the twentieth century "bayer. Staats-Bibliothek München" (VD17 12:198784U).
"I'll accept the challenge", said a smiling librarian in Munich once, and used the worst library stamp available to meet the bad woodblock print of #Mercury on this title page of 1631.
This is, of course, another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
This is the library stamp of the St. Gallen Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana on the title page of VadSlg Ms. 391, an alchemical manuscript of the 1520s featuring circular elements.
This is the library stamp of the St. Gallen Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana on the title page of VadSlg Ms. 391, an alchemical manuscript of the 1520s featuring circular elements.
"I am gonna hide this library stamp so good, no alchemist will ever see a difference" said a St. Gallen librarian of the Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana back then, and contributed to our series of #LibraryStampMadness. Thank you! Well done. #bookhistory
A manuscript page ("Geomantische Sammelhandschrift") from the fifteenth-century is shown featuring a big library stamp connecting two paragraphs. SUB Göttingen (2 Cod. Ms. philos. 47) https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/DE-611-HS-3800088
Detail of a manuscript page ("Geomantische Sammelhandschrift") from the fifteenth-century showning a big library stamp connecting two paragraphs. SUB Göttingen (2 Cod. Ms. philos. 47) https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/DE-611-HS-3800088
Today in the #LibraryStampMadness series: How to connect two paragraphs in a fifteenth-century manuscript in true style (and by using only a way too big library stamp)? Et voilà:
„Alt und Neuer Schreib-Calender/ nebst beygehörigem Prognostico/ Uber das sonder-importirliche und denckwürdige Geschicht-Jahr/ nach der ... Geburt Jesu Christi/ M.DC.LXV. : Sampt dem Römischen/ und einem besondern Hauß-Calender/ Auch einem Himmlischen Lust-Spiegel/ praesentirend allerhand Astronomische Speculationen ; Also beschrieben und außgefertiget/ daß Jendermänniglich/ Gelährte/ Ungelährte/ sonderlich aber hohe Potentaten/ und deren Officirer ... sich dessen ... vielfältig bedienen können \ Durch Stephanum Fuhrmann/ Philosoph. Mag. Poet. Laur. Caesar. und Predigern ... in Lippstadt“ (Frankfurt 1665). https://zs.thulb.uni-jena.de/receive/jportal_jpvolume_00079702
No stamp, no fun, it's #LibraryStampMadness.
Here, the archive stamp from the Stadtarchiv Altenburg, Germany, is prominently placed in the blank space of a writing calendar's page. In every #earlymodern #Schreibkalender, the blank space was a typical feature for individual remarks and comments.
Title page of the 1490 (Naples) incunable "Perush ha-Torah", nowadays in the Vatican Library https://digi.vatlib.it/inc/detail/11013968 Two stamps ("Bibliot. S. Silvestr.") of the library of San Silvestro al Quirinale (Rome) are highlighted.
Aktuelle Trends #junkfoodmovies 89 Profile in 2 Tagen Bildbeschreibung Detail of the title page of the 1490 (Naples) incunable "Perush ha-Torah", nowadays in the Vatican Library https://digi.vatlib.it/inc/detail/11013968 showing a stamp of the library of San Silvestro al Quirinale (Rome) in the miniature.
Detail of the title page of the 1490 (Naples) incunable "Perush ha-Torah", nowadays in the Vatican Library https://digi.vatlib.it/inc/detail/11013968 showing a stamp of the library of San Silvestro al Quirinale (Rome) under the text.
Here are two library stamps on this title page of a #Hebrew #incunable. The first is centered under the text (to make it look like being part of the text to Western eyes), and the second is hidden in the empty space left over for a miniature. #bookhistory
The #LibraryStampMadness series continues.
Title page of "P. Severi Campill Minoritæ Conventualis Algebra" (1779) featuring a big library stamp touching the illustration in the center of the page. VD18 13716344
Master librarian: "Just make sure the stamp touches the putto a little bit".
"Yes, master librarian. No problem".
The result is another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
Etching from Claude Lorrain featuring a library stamp from the Bibliothèque Mazarine. Originally posted by Vanessa Selbach: https://x.com/SelbachVanessa1/status/1436423817799286785?s=20
Just a stamped sun in this etching, dear friends of #LibraryStampMadness. The librarian at the Bibliothèque Mazarine surely had fun stamping.
#bookhistory #skystorians
Page 1r of Mss., Vat.lat.7306. Highlighted is the stamped miniature. Vatican Library: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.7306
You see a detail of a library stamp fitted into a miniature of the a manuscript page (1r) of Mss., Vat.lat.7306. Vatican Library: https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Vat.lat.7306
Friends of the #LibraryStampMadness series, isn't it beautiful when a centuries old #manuscript page meets a library stamp, and this very stamp *exactly* fits into the empty space left over for a forgotten miniature?
We may imagine the librarian smiling when stamping this at the Vatican Library.
Page 1r from the codex Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 623 (https://digi.vatlib.it/view/MSS_Pal.lat.623) featuring two library stamps.
"Play it safe" mumbled the librarian. "Better make two stamps on the page. There is Jesus, six saints, the Pope, and a small entourage. One stamp only wouldn't match with this crowd."
Of couse, this is another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. 🗃️ 📜
Detail of a manuscript page of the St. Gallen "Sacramentarium triplex" (https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/zbz/C0043/211v ) showing a big library stamp covering the entire initial of the page.
Manuscript page of the St. Gallen "Sacramentarium triplex" (Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Ms. C 43, f. 211v ; https://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/zbz/C0043/211v ) showing a big library stamp covering the entire initial of the page.
More #LibraryStampMadness you say?
Here is a nice library stamp fully covering an initial of a ninth-century manuscript. Well done, anonymous modern librarian of Sankt Gallen with a stamp looking for empty spaces. #librarysky
Detail from the title page of "RechenBuch auff der Feder..." (VD17 23:733035C) showing the ornament being stamped.
The title page of "RechenBuch auff der Feder..." (VD17 23:733035C) showing the ornament being stamped.
Where to hide a library stamp in an #earlymodern book? Well, there is often space in the ornament...
This is a hidden stamp on the title page of a 1686 book from the library of the Franziskanergymnasium Bozen.
Of course, this is just another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.
Title page of HAB Wolfenbüttel A: 236.5 Poet. showing an image of two women. In the right corder is a plant, and the stamp of the library makes this plant a flowering plant.
The moment a librarian with a stamp in Wolfenbüttel heard about the trend of Indoor Flowering Plants, she or he knew what to do...
Welcome back to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #librarysky #booksky #bloomscrolling
Title page of VD16 B 803 showing a stamp in the middle between a man and a woman. The stamp of the library connects humans and the stars.
Here is another golden example from the #LibraryStampMadness series: featuring a thoughtful stamped horse connecting humans and the stars.
Experts do know that this library stamp is from the HAB Wolfenbüttel. #bookhistory
Detail of "A treatyse answerynge the boke of berdes" (ESTC S109177). A fool is shown, bend over, presenting his naked back to the reader. Right under this, a red stamp from the BM is placed.
"A treatyse answerynge the boke of berdes" (ESTC S109177). A fool is shown, bend over, presenting his naked back to the reader. Right under this, a red stamp from the BM is placed.
And we have a first winner. This is a golden contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series, with special greetings from an unknown librarian at the British Museum, who happily stamped right under the private parts. #librarysky #booksky
