The straps reminded me of a folding chair from the '70's. I cannot find a picture of such a chair, but this is a more modern version: [ATTACH]
The fabric band on 2 and 3 seem to match, so I guess those were made together. Both of them were bought as one lot in the Netherlands, the other...
Now I inspect it the lamp closer, I can see it is no wood, but some kind of white plaster. [ATTACH]
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Thanks! I really like the old parchment folio’s.
As some maybe know I am a collector of early modern books. One of the areas where my interest lies are books with recycled (medieval) manuscripts....
I love the marbled paper!
What a great variety! Thank you for your post :happy:. Maybe it’s a good idea to string mine as well, although I am not going to wear them ( not...
There were more watermills then the two you mention, according to a map from around 1560: Two watermills next to the university [ATTACH] One...
Thank you for that . I believe the placename is Holsbeeck ( now spelled at Holsbeek)...
In the city where @Any Jewelry and I are living not much real history is left although it was founded in 1232 AD. Only a medievel church tower and...
Thank you, maybe I’ll try a shot there. I am not sure yet if I will make a Facebook account for just a question though…
If I interpreted the label correctly they must be older than 1879 at least. My gut feeling they are from the period between 500-1000 AD, but that...
What is really old for you?
A few years ago I bought this small showcase with some flint tools and some glass beads inside. [ATTACH] On one of the files was a label glued,...
Luckily one of the books with the name Basto in the National Library of Portugal was digitized, so I could compare the owner marks, what do you...
This page in the book is about the religious and secular permission: [ATTACH]
Likely the cataloguer had also problems with reading his owner mark. Just like this one: [ATTACH]
There are more books to find on the internet with the same owner name. Unfortunately I cannot zoom in more. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
If that is correct I can add Portugal as a new related country as well
Separate names with a comma.
