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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Aug 28

Na een leven gewijd te hebben aan het opmeten van de aarde, mag hij het nu gaan proberen in hogere sferen.

After a life dedicated to measuring the Earth, he can now try his luck in higher spheres.

In memoriam Frans Depuydt (1939-2025)

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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · Jul 15

Studying #earlymodern #bookhistory, #rarebooks, or print culture? Antwerp’s Museum Plantin-Moretus & the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library offer unmatched treasures.

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The Plantin-Moretus Museum and the Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library (Antwerp) are pleased to launch a new call for applications for our fellowship programme. We will award two travel grants for res...

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · May 29

@thislittlelog.bsky.social So far two pieces of music have been transcribed. The paper is folded and bound, however, so we know there's more.
The two pieces have been translated into lute tablature and will be made available soon.

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · May 29

So far two pieces of music have been transcribed. The paper is folded and bound, however, so we know there's more.
The two pieces have been translated into lute tablature and will be made available soon.

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · May 24

Lynda Sayce plays a piece of lute music that was recently discovered in an archival document at the Museum Plantin-Moretus. Since the handwritten lute tablature was folded and reused as scrap paper, it's problaby the first time in 400 years that this music is heard.

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Apr 11

A few years ago we celebrated life together under the motto "Life is a song, sing it".
All beautiful songs come to an end. Fortunately, every ending is also a new beginning.
Grateful for what has been, we now each go our own way. We remain connected, through the love for our children.

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Apr 10

Strange that no one asked which engravings are on the image side of the newly acquired copper plates. The answer: the images on pages 103 and 123 of Otto van Veen, Amoris divini emblemata (Antwerp, M. Nutius & J. Meursius, 1615; Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana B. Moreti, 1660).

#copperplates

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Apr 9

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Unicorn: The Mythical Beast in Art - Exhibitions - Museum Barberini

Unicorn: The Mythical Beast in Art // The unicorn has stimulated the imagination like no other animal. It has been documented in many cultures for centuries. Its fascination continues to this day. The...

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Apr 9

Greetings from Antwerp!
Later this year this Unicorn woodblock will travel to Potsdam for the exhibition "Unicorn: The Mythical Beast in Art".

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Apr 7

Great day at work today. Purchase of two 17th century copper plates, both with a mark of the Antwerp coppersmith Peeter Stas. Here is a photo and macro shot of the same mark on one of the plates.
#copperplates

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Mar 7

March 8, 2025: Wonderful woodblocks and curious copper plates

Paper presentation for the Antwerp Bibliophile Society

"A number of recent discoveries are being pieced together for the first time."

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Mar 7

At your service 😃

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Feb 20

Recurring apostrophe failures

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Jan 15

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Die Fossa Eugenia und der Überfall auf das staatische Lager bei Kalkar - Digitale Sammlung des Museum Kurhaus Kleve

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Jan 15

Museum Kurhaus Kleve – Sammlung Robert Angerhausen, Kleve, Deutschland, SAK 1126

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · Jan 13

Virtual book launch for HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY @ucpress.bsky.social, hosted by @srsrensoc.bsky.social! Weds Feb 19th 9:30am PST / 12:30pm EST / 5:30pm GMT / 6:30pm CET.

Register now! Pub date Feb 4. 1/15

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Zanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · Jan 10

Unexpected Friday find: a sheet bound in a Sammelband after a 1566 Antwerp edition of Joannes de Sacrobosco’s Sphaera with uncut parts of a volvelle diagram(!)

#earlymodern #rarebooks #bookhistory #woodcut #printhistory 📜 📚💙

Detail of the sheet of paper with parts of a woodcut volvelle diagram printed depicting solar movements

Sheet of paper with parts of a woodcut volvelle diagram printed depicting solar movements and below printed text in Latin

Title page of the book with the short title ‘Sphaera […] emendata’. The imprint below a printer’s mark with the motto ‘Fortuna rotat omne datum’ reads Antvverpiae apud Joannem Richardum 1566.

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Jan 6

Thank you! You make my day!

Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Jan 6

Date: early 17th century

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Jan 6

Map detectives to the rescue (bis)!
We're looking for a (most probably) 2-sheet map of Geldern with this cartouche in the lower right corner (copper plates reversed here). The text reads "La deffaicte de l'Ennemy pa[r] Son Exc. Comte Henry van[den] Berg[h]"

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Dec 20

Daydream
I fell asleep amid the flowers
For a couple of hours
On a beautiful day

#wallacecollection
#hiddengeminlondon

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Nov 28

Dimensions of the entire map: c. 217 x 237 mm

Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Nov 27

The first image was taken from the album "One size fits all" of the Canadian a cappella group The Nylons. That was the first record I ever bought. 😃

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Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social · Nov 27

On top of the map there are two smaller town views of (the sieges of) the neighboring towns Heidelberg an Mannheim. The original copper plate has been cut into 7 pieces to be re-engraved on the back.
The mosaic image of the plates is mirrored to give an idea of the printed map.

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