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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 6d

It's finally happed. The telephone directory has become a collector's item. auctionet.com/sv/4585726-d...

DAN WOLGERS. Telefonkatalog, Gula Sidorna K-Ö, Stockholm, 1992.

21 x 27 cm

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 9d

Välkommen till årets Rettigsymposium! Det äger rum den 26 november kl 13:15. Programmet bjuder på föredrag och samtal om aktuella forskningsprojekt knutna till Riksantikvarieämbetets arkiv och bibliotek. Evenemanget är kostnadsfritt och öppet för allmänheten – men föranmälan krävs: lnkd.in/dg_yv_Tv

Kopparstick ur Rosenhanesamlingen av Fredsbanketten i Nürnberg år 1649.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 14d

Last week marked the inaugural meeting of the research network Objects of Knowledge, hosted at University of Copenhagen. It was a pleasure meeting everyone. I talked briefly about a fascinating item from our collections: one of Johannes Bureus’ copper plates.
comm.ku.dk/research/inf...

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Sep 8

Why is it assumed that the 'lectrice' would skip the preface, unlike the 'lecteur'? Women’s reading has long been a concern. This 1833 example suggests that the way a woman read was as much a subject of critique as the content she read.

Preface in Fournier & Arnould’s "Struensée" [Paris 1833].

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Aug 9

Three weeks to go!

Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Jun 2

Call for applications: The Royal Swedish Academy of History, Letters and Antiquities is offering fellowships to young scholars and civil servants for projects dealing with the special collections at the Swedish National Heritage Board. Apply by 30 August 2025. www.raa.se/rettig

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Jul 10

Took a short break from the #SHARP2025 conference to visit the George Eastman Museum and was pleased to find a pretty library and cool book photos

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Jul 9

Printers’ devices on the doors of Rush Rhees Library ✨ #SHARP2025

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · Jul 9

Beautiful conclusion from @henninghansen.bsky.social!

By turning to these bibles, we can "restore voices that were never meant to disappear"

#SHARP2025

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Jul 9

Of course - I’d love that!

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · Jul 8

The first book containing Sámi literature was published as far back as 1673.

@amybrigataswanson.bsky.social used the image from @wikipedia.org. @henninghansen.bsky.social sitting next to me tells me he recognizes it: it's from the University of Tromsø, where he worked 😛

#SHARP2025

Lapponia (book) - Wikipedia

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Jul 8

At the #SHARP25 conference in Rochester and enjoying Marie’s paper - both creative and intriguing!

Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · Jul 8

It's starting! #SHARP25

As always, here are my slides:

docs.google.com/presentation...

Electoral Cartograms in the 1890s - SHARP

Electoral Cartograms in the 1890s: Data visualization, the value of a vote, and mapping constituencies onto communities Marie Léger-St-Jean · MarieLSJ on Bsky

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Jul 2

My latest article explores the Oxenstierna family Bible: an annotated 1646 Swedish Bible once owned by the diplomat and statesman Count Bengt Oxenstierna (1623–1702). Read it here (in Swedish!): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #bookhistory #swedishhistory

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Jun 3

Feel free to sign up for one of our online introductions to the collections, followed by Q&A, held on 17 June at 16:15 (Swedish) and 18 June at 16:15 (English).

www.raa.se/rettig

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Jun 2

Call for applications: The Royal Swedish Academy of History, Letters and Antiquities is offering fellowships to young scholars and civil servants for projects dealing with the special collections at the Swedish National Heritage Board. Apply by 30 August 2025. www.raa.se/rettig

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · May 23

Thrilled to share that the anthology "Från handskrift till digitalt kulturarv: Perspektiv på specialsamlingar", that I’ve co-edited with @sjokvist.bsky.social has been published.

It's available both in #openaccess and in print: www.diva-portal.org/smash/record....

#bookhistory #specialcollections

book cover of a book about book showing lots of old books in a bookshelf

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · May 22

The book belongs to the collections at the library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities and was bought on auction from Fredenheim's estate in 1806. The title of the book is "Sancti Maximi Episcopi Taurinensis Opera" (Rome 1784).

Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · May 22

Huge book with the supralibros of Pope Pius VI (1717–1799) and the bookplate of Carl Fredrik Fredenheim (1748–1803). Fredenheim met the pope in Rome, while researching Swedish diploma and scouting art for the Swedish king. He was given papal permission to carry out excavations of Forum Romanum.

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Peter Sjökvist @sjokvist.bsky.social · Apr 25

Conference ongoing on Dispersed Libraries and the fates of book collections after times of war at the beautiful Ossolineum in Wrocław

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · Feb 12

EX FUMO IN LUCEM, from the dark to the light.

This #earlymodern printing press is waiting for action. The motto was a marketing thing, as many publishers thought of themselves as bringers of light. To be more precise: they thought of themselves as sellers of enlightened paper goods. #bookhistory

Detail of a 1717 printed printer's device from Johann Christoph Tarnow, a Leipzig-based printer, showing a handpress waiting for action. The motto "ex fumo in lucem" is positioned above the printing press.

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yalelawlibrary/51063240612/in/album-72157715339319198

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Apr 11

Important stuff

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Apr 9

It's like a 19C version of a 16C title page

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Apr 3

The Swedish Research Council is offering 2 million SEK grants directed at scholars from outside Europe who want to relocate to Sweden and work at Swedish research institutions. The call opens 15 April. www.vr.se/english/just...

New grant for recruiting researchers active outside Europe

In mid-April, the Swedish Research Council will issue a call for grants of 2 million SEK to enable Swedish higher education institutions and other research organisations to recruit prominent researche...

www.vr.se

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Apr 1

The book history hive mind solved this in no time. The stamp is from the library of the Benediktinerstift Lambach / Lambach Abbey, in Lambach in Upper Austria. Thank you, @schrift-sprache.bsky.social!

Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Apr 1

Does anyone recognize this library stamp? It's clearly been tampered with. It's in a copy of Olaus Magnus' ‘Historia de gentibus sepentrionalibus’ (Rome 1555) with the supralibros of the Benedictine abbot Placidus Hieber von Greifenfels (1615–1678) of Lambach, Austria.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Apr 1

Intriguing.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · Apr 1

Looks like a perfect match. Thank you so much, Sven!

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