I really like to dive into a book and find more and more details, like this "monday morning"-page. Not only the page was folded during the print...
Another hint to the former use of the book is one added illustration in the book of Saint Bernard (of Clairvaeux?). This could lead to the...
For Catholic Bibles printed in more southern countries that is maybe the case, but for a Catholic bible printed in the Low Countries...
Unfortunately the book has no owner marks, but there are some small leads. In the back of the book there is some kind of broad-sheet added. In...
Some more pictures to show how beautiful this book is. Attributed to the bishop of Antwerpen [ATTACH] His coat of arms [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
This is the latest addition to my collection. A so-called van Sichem Bible, after the illustrator. It was published by Pieter Jacobz Paets. This...
Wow, this is really slow-TV hahaha. I have a few book cushions and snakes myself. Allie Alvis (also known as @bookhistoria) makes nice ones with a...
You also see this dating method on French coins from that period. I think it is interesting stuff! Here some more info if anyone is interested:...
The more I look at it, the more I suspect it is a product of many modifications. [ATTACH] The inside of the lock, it looks quite modern to...
That is cool! Thank you. So it matches my old paper :D
Here are the other two corners, they seem not tooled at all. Therefor I think it was a reused piece of wood. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Here are some more detail pics. The top [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The photo is of the entire top. I could make some extra photo’s tomorrow in daylight.
If it was put there it could be the remains of some handle, but the place makes no sense to put a handle there.
Thank you for replying! The strange mark can be an accident yes, but the floral design in the right corner, is not I guess.
I bought this wooden chest a while ago. It measures 50 (20") x 35 (14") x 25(10") cm and I believe is it from around 1800. The lid of the chest...
I have got the book today and unfortunately it is about the smaller, personal bindings and not about the large liturgic binding as mine is. The...
Thank you for your thoughts! So in your opinion, it is common to have unmarked silver in that period and the style has Art Nouveau/Early Art Deco...
The coin seems Swedish. This is the closest I got: [ATTACH] https://www.coingallery.de/KarlV/Schweden_E.htm
A few weeks ago I bought this Roman Missal as a 19th version, but I saw already it must be older. I have several missals printed in Antwerpen...
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