Registration for the Plantin Institute’s ‘mixed formula’ Expert course Type design 2024–2025 edition is about to close. There are a maximum of 16 seats and 13 are already occupied by participants from all over the world. More information can be found here: plantininstitute.be/typedesign/

Museum Plantin-Moretus we preserve these 3 woodblocks with biblical maps of the Holy Land. They are not found in Plantin's editions of the Bible. Neither the existing literature on maps in Bibles nor Google Lens could help us link these maps to a Bible edition. Can you help us?
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Countless productive conversations, a few mussels and just over 10,000 photos later, and Louisa is back in blighty working on the next paper/article. Thanks to Kristof, Steven and Derek as always. You must visit Museum Plantin-Moretus and Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library whenever you can get to Antwerp!

From our current exhibition at the Russell Library on women in the book trade, Martina Plantin was the daughter of the founder of the Plantin Press and it is still possible to visit the Museum Plantin-Moretus press today.

Here we see her listed as ‘viduam…’ on the imprints.

Last week, our students visited Museum Plantin-Moretus as part of the 'Heritage Archivistics' course. It is just a small foretaste of the full programme of our 'Marjor Archivistics' that will start in the academic year 2024-2025. Check: uantwerpen.be/nl/studeren/aa…

Louisa is making the final preparations for her next trip to the Museum Plantin-Moretus Museum and Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library as 2024 Nottebohm Fellow. Delighted to return to sights such as this (ARCH 1231, Catalogue d’éditions plantiniennes en 1580). #bookhistory

#bookhistory in Chicago! The 19th c. printing firm Donnelley had windows with #earlymodern printer's. Here are my favourites Museum Plantin-Moretus

The keynote speaker Andrew Pettegree concludes a successful day at Museum Plantin-Moretus. The Plantin Press Online is available from today!
#ppo #plantinpressonline

Jef Schaeps Alisa van de Haar Dr. Marianne C.E. Gillion Finally, Andrew Pettegree delivers a keynote talk that puts Plantin’s print production and preserved archive in Museum Plantin-Moretus into a broader perspective to explore what we can learn from his business for the #EarlyModern book trade!

Jef Schaeps Alisa van de Haar Let’s bring in some music with Dr. Marianne C.E. Gillion’s presentation on Plantin’s liturgical choir books! #musichistory

Jef Schaeps Alisa van de Haar delves into a formerly unknown grammar printed by Christophe Plantin: the Cort onderwys van de acht delen der Françoiser talen in 1571 #histlx

Spread the word! Consider the #PlantinPressOnline launched! This new research tool for those who are studying/working with books printed and/or published by Christophe Plantin during his career is now available online in #OpenAccess !

Have a look at: referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/the-pla…

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And now Jef Schaeps on the use of Robert Granjon’s fleurons by Christophe Plantin and other Antwerp publisher-printers!

First research talk of our hybrid #PlantinPressOnline launch event today in Museum Plantin-Moretus by Theodor Dunkelgrün on the monumental Polyglot Bible and the difficulties for bibliography! #bookhistory

The Plantin Press Online is available now!!! All known books printed by Chistopher Plantin (1555-1589) are online available now. This is so usefull!

referenceworks.brillonline.com/browse/the-pla…

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#theplantinpressonline
#bookhistory
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The countdown begins. There's still time to register for online participation to our exciting #bookhistory event tomorrow! All are welcome!