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#oldBooks

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Lydia Vvinters

#ScribesAndMakers 10, Book cover you like.

I'm absolutely smitten with Andrew Lang's original 1900s fairy book covers, charmingly illustrated by Henry Justice Ford. So much so, that I've taken to recreating and restoring the covers in detail so I can make them into notebooks and preserve them.

Currently, I have three restoration designs, and I am working on the lilac one. For which I really could use some more detailed images, so if anyone has one.🙏

Original lilac fairy book cover and spine featuring a fairy riding a falling star.
Book cover, grey, a fairy wielding a wand, riding an owl.
Yellow Book cover, A fairy looking up at the sun, arms spread open up towards it.
Olive green book cover. A fairy holding on to a branch offering an olive branch to another fairy flying in on a bat.
#oldbooks#illustration#books
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Noisette Dor

Trésors multilingues à l'école Estienne – #Paris Aujourd’hui, j’ai eu la chance de feuilleter des ouvrages rares conservés à la bibliothèque de l’école Estienne. Ici un dictionnaire multilingues du XVIIe siècle, petit vertige temporel, entre latin, néerlandais, espagnol, italien, portugais, anglais et français…Et toujours, cette émotion intacte face au grain du papier ancien. #biblio #livresanciens #typographie #histoireduLivre #rare #books #oldbooks #library

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Sarah J Hoodlet

Hello from Dublin!

Yesterday we went to Marsh’s Library, a reference library with some of the oldest printed books in the world! We couldn’t touch the books, but photos were allowed.

This library was also caught in the crosshairs of the rebellion in 1916, so some of the books have bullet holes in them (none shown).

Such a cool place! 😍

Other things we did:
-Dublin Castle
-St. Patrick’s Cathedral
-Various gardens
-Tasty food

@securingdev
#library #OldBooks #Books #Ireland #WritingCommunity

A darker photo of bookshelves. Tall wooden bookshelves are on both sides of the photo, with a shaded window at the far end (center). The overall tone of the photo is dark and moody.
A photo showing one of the wings of the library. Ropes are along each alcove of the bookshelves, keeping visitors away from the books themselves. The shelves are made from oak, while the books are a cloth style “paper” with covers of leather if vellum. The light here is better, giving an older, mysterious atmosphere to the place.
The exterior/entrance of the library. The door is open, and a black wrought-iron gate across the doorway is also open. The brick building is buttressed with greenery. The red sign to the right of the door reads: “Gutenberg’s Cradle: An Exhibition of the Oldest Books in the World”.
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Sini Tuulia

Am browsing a Victorian sewing manual, as I am wont to do. Have one of those little decorative multi-tier tea service or cake stands taking up space in the cupboard, unused? Well, do the Victorians have a solution for you!
Embellish the heck out of the contraption and put some sewing things on it. 😆

An illustration, very zoomed in, scanned from the pages of an old book. There's a three tier service tray contraption, the kind you'd see Jane Austen characters have tiny biscuits, cucumber sandwiches and such served from. Here it has been bedecked with embroidered little valances and coverings. There are little beads hanging off the triangular flaps, like bunting but not, with little flowers and lace edges and whatnot. On the different trays there are sewing supplies, like bobbins, thimbles, knitting needles, scissors. It looks ridiculous, twee and kind of amazing. Would certainly work as a decorative place to put all of the usual faff when not in use. The text below it reads: "An unusual work-table made in the form of a miniature 'dumb waiter'. Each tier is edged with elaborately embroidered and decorated valances. 1876."
#OldBooks#Victorian#Sewing
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Court Cantrell will not comply

OMG THIS IS AMAZING

#OldBooks
#AncientManuscripts
#medieval
#MedievalNerdery
#history
#literature

I'm unclear as to when this all happened, as the Medievalists article is undated (my phone doesn't display a date anyway). If I find out more, I'll amend.

Can't wait to see what tidbits of thought make their way from this find into the world at large.

medievalists.net/2024/11/lost-

EDIT: further info, as promised! fedihum.org/@lavaeolus/1135336

Medievalists.net · The Lost Medieval Library Found in a Romanian Church - Medievalists.netHidden away for centuries in a Transylvanian church tower, a forgotten medieval library has come to light, revealing treasures as old as the 9th century. This extraordinary discovery of manuscripts, books, and documents offers a rare glimpse into the intellectual and cultural life of medieval Romania.
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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

🔴 📚 🎥 Hugh of Fouilloy and William of Conches’ De Natura Avium

“Are you interested in old books? Written and compiled in the late 12th century, this luxury manuscript compiles several texts about the natural world, including from natural philosopher and medieval scientist William of Conches.”

#Video length: seven minutes and thirty one seconds.

🔗 youtu.be/7dmVcDXM7vk

#History #OldBook #OldBooks #Book #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon

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