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[1306.3261] arXiv e-prints and the journal of record: An analysis of roles and relationships

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:43:20 +0200

[1306.3261] arXiv e-prints and the journal of record: An analysis of roles and relationships

Germany: The Federal Court of Justice and ‘the reality’ about embedded content | Kluwer Copyright Blog

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:48:12 +0200

Germany: The Federal Court of Justice and ‘the reality’ about embedded content | Kluwer Copyright Blog

jaded-mandarin: Jean Ranc. Fernando VI, 1723.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:20:56 +0200

jaded-mandarin:

Jean Ranc. Fernando VI, 1723.

oldbookillustrations: St Mark’s Basilica. Vincenzo Chilone,...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:20:37 +0200

oldbookillustrations:

St Mark’s Basilica.

Vincenzo Chilone, from Assortimento delle principali, e piu belle vedute di Venezia (Assortment of the main and most beautiful views of Venice), Venice, 182?

(Source: archive.org)

ornaments-of-the-world: A Parisian Binding for the “English...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:20:17 +0200

ornaments-of-the-world:

A Parisian Binding for the “English Grolier”

Jean Calvin (1509–1564).
Brieve instruction… contre les erreurs de la secte commune des anabaptistes.
Geneva: Jehan Girard, 1545.

[Bound with:] Jean Calvin.
Contre la secte phantastique et furieuse des Libertins, qui se nomment spirituelz.
Geneva: Jehan Girard, 1545.

One of the signature styles of Renaissance bookbinding is closely associated with the outstanding French collector Jean Grolier (1479–1565). This elaborate style consists of narrow interlacing strapwork that is gilded and painted or enameled so as to stand in contrast to the background leather. Closely related to bindings made for Grolier, this calfskin binding belongs to a group of similar strapwork bindings that all feature the gold-tooled date “1552” at the centers of the covers.

The “1552” bindings were produced in a Parisian atelier that bound books for Thomas Wotton (1521–1587) of Kent, who has been called the “English Grolier.” The first Englishman to assemble a library of gold-tooled bindings, Wotton appears to have traveled to France several times by 1552, where he evidently was inspired by Grolier’s library. His own library, from which at least 140 books survive, suggests that he was well-read in the Classics and theology in Latin and French, with special interest in works by the Swiss Reformer Jean Calvin.

Source http://www.smu.edu/Bridwell/Collections/SpecialCollectionsandArchives/Exhibitions/SixCenturiesofMasterBookBinding/16thCentury/EnglishGrolier

jothelibrarian: Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:18:07 +0200

jothelibrarian:

Pretty medieval manuscript of the day is a lovely Romanesque initial. I chose it because of the fish. I spent a lot of this weekend looking at the fish in my new pond, so aquatics are on my mind. This book was produced in Canterbury during the twelfth century.

Image source: British Library MS Harley 105. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.

Former Library and Archives Canada boss criticizes private digitizing deal

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:03:56 +0200

Former Library and Archives Canada boss criticizes private digitizing deal

Shall we sing in CHORUS or just SHARE? Responses to the US OA policy | Australian Open Access Support Group

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:50:10 +0200

Shall we sing in CHORUS or just SHARE? Responses to the US OA policy | Australian Open Access Support Group

Überlingen armorial saec. XVI

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:39:00 +0200

Überlingen armorial saec. XVI

Dracula pamphlet, 1500 (GNM Nuremberg)

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:36:12 +0200

Dracula pamphlet, 1500 (GNM Nuremberg)

Birthday Song’s Copyright Leads to a Lawsuit for the Ages - NYTimes.com

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 03:41:33 +0200

Birthday Song’s Copyright Leads to a Lawsuit for the Ages - NYTimes.com

Mennel dedication 1518 - scan from the original manuscript in...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:30:23 +0200

Mennel dedication 1518 - scan from the original manuscript in the Austrian National Library Vienna

Mennel dedication 1518 - Scan from a book

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:28:26 +0200

Mennel dedication 1518 - Scan from a book

booksnbuildings: Ludwig Lange, design for a theatre in Munich...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:14:16 +0200

booksnbuildings:

Ludwig Lange, design for a theatre in Munich (1864)

House Schmetz in Eynatten

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:48:33 +0200

House Schmetz in Eynatten

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:40:40 +0200

House Schmetz in Eynatten

House Amstenrath in Eynatten (Belgium) near Aachen

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:26:15 +0200

House Amstenrath in Eynatten (Belgium) near Aachen

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Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:44:47 +0200

jothelibrarian: Pretty medieval manuscript of the day depicts...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:36:50 +0200

jothelibrarian:

Pretty medieval manuscript of the day depicts pigeons fluttering away from their doocot.

Image source: British Library MS Royal 2 B VII. Image declared as public domain on the British Library website.

nataliakoptseva: Jan Jansz. van der Heyden, Corner of a...

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:35:32 +0200

nataliakoptseva:

Jan Jansz. van der Heyden, Corner of a Library, 1711