Veterok's photos with the keyword: book conservation

The name incunable refers to the first printed books that were made in Europe before the year 1501. Often they had hand-drawn or painted initials and sometimes illustrations. This one has handdrawn detailing in red ink for the first half of the book. I guess someone got bored after that.

From what I gather, this is a 1480's sermon book written by the Dominican friar Martin of Troppau. It is printed in Strasbourg (curiously referred to as "Argentine" in medieval Latin) on rag paper with the common bull's head + cross watermark. www.veterok.net veterokforbooks.tumblr.com

An incunable I'm working on. Pictured without the wooden covers, with original cords cut off for resewing. This book had lost some of its backing material some hundred(s of) years ago, after which someone had ingeniously painted the title on. www.veterok.net veterokforbooks.tumblr.com