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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My latest publication is a study of Olaus Magnus's Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (1555) and Johannes Schefferus’s Lapponia (1673), two early modern bestsellers that helped define the image of the North for generations of readers. Full article here: doi.org/10.1163/9789... #bookhistory

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Chapter 2 Olaus Magnus’s Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus and Johannes Schefferus’s Lapponia: Bestsellers on the Early Modern Book Market

Abstract This article compares the publishing histories and commercial success of Olaus Magnus’s Historia de gentibus septentrionalibus (1555) and Johannes Schefferus’s Lapponia (1673), two influentia...

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This week I had the pleasure of visiting Bibliotheca Salaborsa in Bologna, which is not only a lovely library but also offers visitors the chance to see spectacular ruins from antiquity preserved beneath the library floor.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Happy to be featured in the Swedish magazine Populär Historia, discussing Sweden’s early modern literary war booty and presenting a few examples from the collections at @raa-se.bsky.social.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Yesterday I visited the wonderful Strahov library in Prague

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Excited to attending the 31st International Conference on the History of Cartography, which is held at Charles University in Prague. I'm presenting a poster which highlights the 400 year anniversary of Anders Bure's famous map Orbis arctoi (1626). ichc2026.org #ICHC2026

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Call for applications: The Royal Swedish Academy of History, Letters and Antiquities is offering fellowships to young scholars and civil servants for projects dealing with the special collections at the Swedish National Heritage Board. Apply by 15 August 2026. www.raa.se/rettig

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The latest issue of pre-Tinder studies

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Sion, Switzerland, as depicted in Braun & Hogenberg’s Civitates orbis terrarum (1575). A fairytale-like cityscape from the collections of @raa-se.bsky.social.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Yesterday I had the pleasure to visit the Museum of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Antiquities in Stockholm and take a closer look at some of their books.

Egypt and Nubia : from drawings made on the spot by David Roberts (London 1846-49)

Schlau, schläuer, am schläusten by Carl Maria Seyppel (Düsseldorf 1882)

Anniversaria In Memoriam Reipublicae Sacrae Et Litterariae Universae by Janus Lassen (Copenhagen 1824)

lates Illustrative of the Researches and Operations of G. Belzoni in Egypt and Nubia. London: John Murray, 1820.

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Riksantikvarieämbetet @raa-se.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Runbleck i bly är en hopvikt plåt som troligtvis bars som en skyddande amulett. Med hjälp av neutronteknik har nu Riksantikvarieämbetets runolog Magnus Källström, och forskaren Helena Berg vid Göteborgs universitet, lyckats upptäcka runskrift på runbleckens dolda sidor. www.raa.se/nyheter/2026...

Runbleck i bly. Blecket har en beige färg och ligger på en grå bakgrund. På runblecket finns spår av runor från både den äldre och yngre runraden. Runorna är något otydliga och blecket är slitet.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Vad händer om du hittar ett fornfynd? Välkomna på föredrag!

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Easter is just days away – time to start your #mämmi / #memma. Here’s an early modern recipe, scribbled in a 1686 book held by @raa-se.bsky.social: “Take good malted rye, grind and sift it fine. Cook to a thick consistency, pour into birch-bark boxes, and bake in the oven."

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Stunning engraving of Christina of Sweden’s 1655 triumphal entry into Rome (printed in Rome the same year). After abdicating her throne and converting to Catholicism, her arrival became one of the defining spectacles of the Counter-Reformation, quickly transformed into religious propaganda.

Engraving from the Rosenhane collection at the Swedish National Heritage Board.

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SHARP @sharpweb.org · 05/03/2026

Registration for the SHARPIES—our totally online Book History Festival—is now open and free for SHARP members! 📚😀 If you're not a member, it's easy to join (membership is between $55 and $100). The festival will take place July 7th-9th with events across time zones. events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...

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SHARPIES: A Global Book History Festival

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Seeing this wonderful copy of Łaski's Statutes (1506) was one of the highlights of my visit to the Warsaw University Library - a beautiful library with great collections.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Delightful title page by the German engraver Dirk Diricks (1613–1653). This Garden of Eden scene offers a splendid menagerie of animals. I’m particularly fond of the whale (a favourite motif among contemporary cartographers) and the frog, prominently placed close to Adam and Eve. #bookhistory #frog

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Blind tooled pigskin binding from 16C, reused for a Swedish 1646 Bible (Swedish National Heritage Board). With image of Lady Justice with the Latin motto "Iustitie quisquis picturam | lumine cernis dic deus est [iustus iustaque facta probat]" (text within brackets only implied).

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

On Wednesday 28 January I’m giving a talk in Stockholm about Swedish war booty - welcome! www.raa.se/evenemang-oc...

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

During a recent trip to Tromsø, I had a chance to take a quick look at some recent acquisitions at @ubuit.bsky.social. Amazing stuff!

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Does anyone know who Nicolinus Beninus is?

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

When you've played Für Elise one time too many

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

My latest article is a review of Charlotte Appel and Nina Christensen's excellent "På sporet af børn og bøger" (Gads Forlag 2023). doi.org/10.14811/clr...

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

A very short story in two very crude woodcuts (from Tagliente's "Libro di abacho", Venice 1570)

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

The Louvre heist reminds me of other times when cultural treasures disappeared. One story that stays with me is the loss of the Golden Horns of Gallehus, Denmark, stolen in 1802 by a goldsmith who melted them down. Engraving in Jacobæus' "Museum regium" [1696], The Swedish National Heritage Board.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

It's finally happed. The telephone directory has become a collector's item. auctionet.com/sv/4585726-d...

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DAN WOLGERS. Telefonkatalog, Gula Sidorna K-Ö, Stockholm, 1992.

21 x 27 cm

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Välkommen till årets Rettigsymposium! Det äger rum den 26 november kl 13:15. Programmet bjuder på föredrag och samtal om aktuella forskningsprojekt knutna till Riksantikvarieämbetets arkiv och bibliotek. Evenemanget är kostnadsfritt och öppet för allmänheten – men föranmälan krävs: lnkd.in/dg_yv_Tv

Kopparstick ur Rosenhanesamlingen av Fredsbanketten i Nürnberg år 1649.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Last week marked the inaugural meeting of the research network Objects of Knowledge, hosted at University of Copenhagen. It was a pleasure meeting everyone. I talked briefly about a fascinating item from our collections: one of Johannes Bureus’ copper plates. comm.ku.dk/research/inf...

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Why is it assumed that the 'lectrice' would skip the preface, unlike the 'lecteur'? Women’s reading has long been a concern. This 1833 example suggests that the way a woman read was as much a subject of critique as the content she read. Preface in Fournier & Arnould’s "Struensée" [Paris 1833].

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Took a short break from the #SHARP2025 conference to visit the George Eastman Museum and was pleased to find a pretty library and cool book photos

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Printers’ devices on the doors of Rush Rhees Library ✨ #SHARP2025

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Beautiful conclusion from @henninghansen.bsky.social! By turning to these bibles, we can "restore voices that were never meant to disappear" #SHARP2025

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Marie Léger-St-Jean @marielsj.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

The first book containing Sámi literature was published as far back as 1673. @amybrigataswanson.bsky.social used the image from @wikipedia.org. @henninghansen.bsky.social sitting next to me tells me he recognizes it: it's from the University of Tromsø, where he worked 😛 #SHARP2025

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Lapponia (book) - Wikipedia

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

At the #SHARP25 conference in Rochester and enjoying Marie’s paper - both creative and intriguing!

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

My latest article explores the Oxenstierna family Bible: an annotated 1646 Swedish Bible once owned by the diplomat and statesman Count Bengt Oxenstierna (1623–1702). Read it here (in Swedish!): urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=... #bookhistory #swedishhistory

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Feel free to sign up for one of our online introductions to the collections, followed by Q&A, held on 17 June at 16:15 (Swedish) and 18 June at 16:15 (English). www.raa.se/rettig

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Rettigstipendiet

Kungliga Vitterhetsakademien utlyser fyra stipendier för att stödja forskare inom humaniora och samhällsvetenskap. Målet med utlysningen är att underlätta bruk

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Thrilled to share that the anthology "Från handskrift till digitalt kulturarv: Perspektiv på specialsamlingar", that I’ve co-edited with @sjokvist.bsky.social has been published. It's available both in #openaccess and in print: www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.... #bookhistory #specialcollections

book cover of a book about book showing lots of old books in a bookshelf

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Huge book with the supralibros of Pope Pius VI (1717–1799) and the bookplate of Carl Fredrik Fredenheim (1748–1803). Fredenheim met the pope in Rome, while researching Swedish diploma and scouting art for the Swedish king. He was given papal permission to carry out excavations of Forum Romanum.

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Peter Sjökvist @sjokvist.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Conference ongoing on Dispersed Libraries and the fates of book collections after times of war at the beautiful Ossolineum in Wrocław

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Daniel Bellingradt @dbellingradt.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

EX FUMO IN LUCEM, from the dark to the light. This #earlymodern printing press is waiting for action. The motto was a marketing thing, as many publishers thought of themselves as bringers of light. To be more precise: they thought of themselves as sellers of enlightened paper goods. #bookhistory

Detail of a 1717 printed printer's device from Johann Christoph Tarnow, a Leipzig-based printer, showing a handpress waiting for action. The motto "ex fumo in lucem" is positioned above the printing press.

Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/yalelawlibrary/51063240612/in/album-72157715339319198

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

It's like a 19C version of a 16C title page

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

The Swedish Research Council is offering 2 million SEK grants directed at scholars from outside Europe who want to relocate to Sweden and work at Swedish research institutions. The call opens 15 April. www.vr.se/english/just...

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New grant for recruiting researchers active outside Europe

In mid-April, the Swedish Research Council will issue a call for grants of 2 million SEK to enable Swedish higher education institutions and other research organisations to recruit prominent researche...

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

The book history hive mind solved this in no time. The stamp is from the library of the Benediktinerstift Lambach / Lambach Abbey, in Lambach in Upper Austria. Thank you, @schrift-sprache.bsky.social!

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Does anyone recognize this library stamp? It's clearly been tampered with. It's in a copy of Olaus Magnus' ‘Historia de gentibus sepentrionalibus’ (Rome 1555) with the supralibros of the Benedictine abbot Placidus Hieber von Greifenfels (1615–1678) of Lambach, Austria.

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Title page from the print workshop of Lyon-based Guillaume Rouillé (c. 1504–1589). Rouillé is considered one of the finest humanist printers of his time, and is credited with the invention of the sextodecimo book format. [The Library of the Royal Swedish Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities]

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Annotated Neungeomgyeong Sutra with Hangeul translation. Printed with movable (!) type in 1461, in both Hangeul and Eulhaeja type [National Museum of Korea, Seoul].

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Henning Hansen @henninghansen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

As Swedish so-called ‘fästmansband’ (literally ‘fiancé binding’) from 1797, which was a common gift to the bride-to-be.

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