#Incunabula

The myth that Africa is a continent without writing is just that, a myth, and an inexcusably racist one as well. Quite apart from ancient scripts like hieroglyphics in Egypt
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BREAKING RUNESTONE NEWSThe runestone shown in the middle foreground in this engraving from Ole Worm's 1643 Danicorum Monumentorum was buried and lost in the 18th century.Roadworkers just accidentally found and
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For those of you looking to teach #BookHistory this coming semester, might I heartily recommend this source book by Donaldson, J. and Scheffler, A. (2005)? A thread 1/ 2/ Donaldson
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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
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Fellow historians with interest in #mediahistory and #bookhistory. I would like to establish the hashtag #globalbookhistory for collecting and promoting studies that pay attention to non-Eurocentric, global, transregional views on
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Dear experts of #bookhistory and related fields:This tweet aims to connect us better and enlarge our own networks for the benefit of the individual researcher and general community alike. Let
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As an undergrad at Yale, I was seduced by the collection of incunabula and velum wrapped books on display in the glass enclosed stacks @BeineckeLibrary. I wanted very badly to
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