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What’s so fascinating about #bookhistory, you ask?
You have to think like a detective! And sometimes you are rewarded with a great find.
A 🧵about nice findings thanks to
-binding waste
-the @britishlibrary's collection
& a rare book catalogue from the early 20c
#incunabula
You have to think like a detective! And sometimes you are rewarded with a great find.
A 🧵about nice findings thanks to
-binding waste
-the @britishlibrary's collection
& a rare book catalogue from the early 20c
#incunabula
Survival is a tricky issue with publications printed some 500 years ago.
The smaller the books & broadsheets are, the trickier it gets. Mandates, like this one, are often lost completely or only survive in fragments.
This unique fragment was recently on offer in the ...
The smaller the books & broadsheets are, the trickier it gets. Mandates, like this one, are often lost completely or only survive in fragments.
This unique fragment was recently on offer in the ...
antiquarian book trade. It's part of a mandate issued by Maximilian I. in 1499.
Yet, the fragment misses the important part with the issue date.
(Those of you who are familiar with Maximilian’s publications know, that he issued quite a number of such mandates...)
Yet, the fragment misses the important part with the issue date.
(Those of you who are familiar with Maximilian’s publications know, that he issued quite a number of such mandates...)
#TodayinHistory in 1521, #Magellan arrives in Zubut/Zzubu (#Cebu, #PH), and is welcomed by the "King" of this island—Raja Humabon. Relevant pages of these #incunabula (French & Italian manuscripts, c. 1522-25) by Magellan's chronicler, Antonio Pigafetta. #twitterstorians
Translation excerpt: "Sunday, the 7th of April, about midday, we entered the port of Zzubu, having passed by many villages. There[171] we saw many houses which were built on trees. On approaching the principal town the captain-general commanded all his ships... 1/
... to hang out their flags. Then we lowered the sails in the fashion in which they are struck when going to fight, and he had all the artillery fired, at which the people of this place were greatly frightened. 2/
