Adorned in Silk: The Use of Fabric in the Bindings of the Old Books Stored in Wroblewski Library at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences

Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis

Authors

  • Agnė Zemkajutė Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, LIthuania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.101.2021.68

Keywords:

book bindings, silk endsheets, multiple-strand bookmarkers, anchors of the bookmarkers, missal’s bookmarks, Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences

Abstract

The article discusses the cloth-bound and decorated books stored in the Rare Books Department of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, and expands on the use of textile depending on the content of the book and its purpose.

Author Biography

Agnė Zemkajutė, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences, Vilnius, LIthuania

Agnė Zemkajutė is a bibliographer at the Rare Books Department of the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences. Her main fields of interest include 16th–19th-century Christian books printed in Lithuania, books that belonged to the Catholic institutions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and incunables in Lithuania. She has developed several exhibitions held at the Wroblewski Library of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania.

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Published

01/06/2021

How to Cite

Zemkajutė, A. (2021). Adorned in Silk: The Use of Fabric in the Bindings of the Old Books Stored in Wroblewski Library at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences: Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis. Acta Academiae Artium Vilnensis, (101-102), 147–172. https://doi.org/10.37522/aaav.101.2021.68

Issue

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

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Articles

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