> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Bettina Wagner <Bettina.Wagner@bsb-muenchen.de>
> Date: 2012/3/29
> Subject: [EXLIBRIS-L] Munich exhibition on blockbooks
> To: EXLIBRIS-L@listserv.indiana.edu
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich is currently showing an
> exhibition on 15th-century blockbooks, which will be on display until
> 6 May 2012.
>
> Blockbooks, i.e. books printed from woodblock rather than moveable
> type, served in the second half of the 15th century mainly for the
> distribution of works in which text and images were combined closely,
> often on the same page. Most of the books conveyed biblical knowledge
> or could be used for teaching the Christian faith. Occasionally, more
> secular topics were treated. For pupils and students, elementary
> schoolbooks and Latin grammars were produced. Wider circles of readers
> were reached by travel guides for pilgrims, calendars or a handbook on
> the art of palmistry.
> In the exhibition, fifteen blockbooks from the collections of the
> Bayerische Staatsbibliothek are on show which give an insight into the
> wide range of themes covered in blockbooks. Every xylographic edition
> on display is placed in the context of contemporary manuscripts or
> typographic editions of the same work in order to demonstrate the
> variety of 15th-century media and the differences in content, layout
> and usage of the surviving textual witnesses.
>
> Most exhibits can be viewed in full digital reproduction on the website
> http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/xylographa-ausstellung
>
> The exhibition is accompanied by a printed catalogue:
>
> Vom ABC bis zur Apokalypse Leben, Glauben und Sterben in
> spätmittelalterlichen Blockbüchern
> Ausstellung 17. Februar bis 6. Mai 2012
> Ausstellung und Katalog: Bettina Wagner.
> Luzern : Quaternio Verlag, 2012.
> 168 pages, over 100 colour illustrations.
> (Schatzkammer ; 2012)
> Preis: EUR 19,80
>
> which can be purchased via the library's online shop (order no. 070):
> http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/Ausstellungskataloge-und-mehr.265.0.html
>
> Admission free - Free audio guide
>
> Opening hours
> Monday-Friday 10-17, Thursday 10-19, Saturday/Sunday 13-17
> Closed from 6-9 April (Easter) and on 1 May
>
> Location
> Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Schatzkammer
> Ludwigstr. 16, D-80539 München
>
> Kind regards,
> Bettina Wagner
>
> _______________________________________
>
> Dr. Bettina Wagner
> Abteilung fuer Handschriften und Alte Drucke
> Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
> Ludwigstr. 16
> D-80539 Muenchen
> Germany
> email: bettina.wagner@bsb-muenchen.de
> Tel. (++49) 89 / 28638-2982
> Fax. (++49) 89 / 28638-12982 oder 2266
> postbox: D-80328 Muenchen
> http://www.hgw.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/personen/lehrbeauftragte/wagner/index.html
> _______________________________________
>
> Inkunabelkatalog der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (BSB-Ink) online
> http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/Inkunabelkatalog-BSB-Ink.181.0.html
> _______________________________________
>
> Blockbücher in Bayern
> http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/xylographa
> Ausstellung (17.2.-6.5.2012):
> http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/xylographa-ausstellung
> From: Bettina Wagner <Bettina.Wagner@bsb-muenchen.de>
> Date: 2012/3/29
> Subject: [EXLIBRIS-L] Munich exhibition on blockbooks
> To: EXLIBRIS-L@listserv.indiana.edu
>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek in Munich is currently showing an
> exhibition on 15th-century blockbooks, which will be on display until
> 6 May 2012.
>
> Blockbooks, i.e. books printed from woodblock rather than moveable
> type, served in the second half of the 15th century mainly for the
> distribution of works in which text and images were combined closely,
> often on the same page. Most of the books conveyed biblical knowledge
> or could be used for teaching the Christian faith. Occasionally, more
> secular topics were treated. For pupils and students, elementary
> schoolbooks and Latin grammars were produced. Wider circles of readers
> were reached by travel guides for pilgrims, calendars or a handbook on
> the art of palmistry.
> In the exhibition, fifteen blockbooks from the collections of the
> Bayerische Staatsbibliothek are on show which give an insight into the
> wide range of themes covered in blockbooks. Every xylographic edition
> on display is placed in the context of contemporary manuscripts or
> typographic editions of the same work in order to demonstrate the
> variety of 15th-century media and the differences in content, layout
> and usage of the surviving textual witnesses.
>
> Most exhibits can be viewed in full digital reproduction on the website
> http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/xylographa-ausstellung
>
> The exhibition is accompanied by a printed catalogue:
>
> Vom ABC bis zur Apokalypse Leben, Glauben und Sterben in
> spätmittelalterlichen Blockbüchern
> Ausstellung 17. Februar bis 6. Mai 2012
> Ausstellung und Katalog: Bettina Wagner.
> Luzern : Quaternio Verlag, 2012.
> 168 pages, over 100 colour illustrations.
> (Schatzkammer ; 2012)
> Preis: EUR 19,80
>
> which can be purchased via the library's online shop (order no. 070):
> http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/Ausstellungskataloge-und-mehr.265.0.html
>
> Admission free - Free audio guide
>
> Opening hours
> Monday-Friday 10-17, Thursday 10-19, Saturday/Sunday 13-17
> Closed from 6-9 April (Easter) and on 1 May
>
> Location
> Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Schatzkammer
> Ludwigstr. 16, D-80539 München
>
> Kind regards,
> Bettina Wagner
>
> _______________________________________
>
> Dr. Bettina Wagner
> Abteilung fuer Handschriften und Alte Drucke
> Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
> Ludwigstr. 16
> D-80539 Muenchen
> Germany
> email: bettina.wagner@bsb-muenchen.de
> Tel. (++49) 89 / 28638-2982
> Fax. (++49) 89 / 28638-12982 oder 2266
> postbox: D-80328 Muenchen
> http://www.hgw.geschichte.uni-muenchen.de/personen/lehrbeauftragte/wagner/index.html
> _______________________________________
>
> Inkunabelkatalog der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek (BSB-Ink) online
> http://www.bsb-muenchen.de/Inkunabelkatalog-BSB-Ink.181.0.html
> _______________________________________
>
> Blockbücher in Bayern
> http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/xylographa
> Ausstellung (17.2.-6.5.2012):
> http://www.bayerische-landesbibliothek-online.de/xylographa-ausstellung
