The Development of the Cover Decorations, Initials, Proto-exlibris and Graffitis in the Incunables of Vilnius University Library Throughout the 15-20th Centuries

Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis

Authors

  • Sondra Rankelienė

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.101.2021.64

Keywords:

decoration, incunabula, provenances, Vilnius University Library

Abstract

The research comprises a study and registry of the decor details, provenances and reading marks involving 340 names taken from the 218 copies of the Vilnius University Library incunabula spanning over several epochs. The research has shown that each time period had its own characteristic ways of adapting the books to the convenience of their owners, which includes their decoration, repair, provenancing and reading mark-making.

Author Biography

Sondra Rankelienė

Sondra Rankelienė acquired an MA in Library Science and Book Studies at Vilnius University
(1990–1997). She has been working in the Rare Books Department of Vilnius University Library
since 1995. Her field of study includes the description of the 15th–18th-century publications and
cartography, the analysis of provenance and book covers, the arrangement of exhibitions of thematic, annotated early documents, the compilation of catalogues and bibliographic indexes, and the publication of articles on the printed heritage kept at the Vilnius University Library.

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Published

28/09/2020

How to Cite

Rankelienė, S. (2020). The Development of the Cover Decorations, Initials, Proto-exlibris and Graffitis in the Incunables of Vilnius University Library Throughout the 15-20th Centuries: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, (101-102), 14–68. https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.101.2021.64

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No. 101-102 (2021): The Material Body of the Book: Between Traditions and Innovation

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