14 How Provenance Marks from Lithuanian Incunabula are Contributing to

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dc.identifier	ECF_chapter_2895
dc.contributor.author	Vaitkevičiūtė Viktorija
dc.contributor.author	Zemkajutė Agnė
dc.title	14 How Provenance Marks from Lithuanian Incunabula are Contributing to Historical Narrative
dc.type	Chapter
dc.language.iso	en
dc.description.abstract	At present, eight different libraries in Lithuania preserve 510 incunabula in their holdings. In the 15th century, Lithuania did not have printing houses, so books had to be imported. A majority of incunabula kept in Lithuania carry inscriptions which show that these books were brought to Lithuania as early as in the 16th or 17th century. However, extant book markings may also become a way of shedding light on historical events which influenced the fate of libraries, and, vice versa, a knowledge of historical events may fill in lacunae left by provenance marks in the history of a book.
dc.relation.ispartof	Studi di storia
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-02-24
dc.dateAccepted	2019-11-11
dc.dateSubmitted	2019-05-16
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-333-5/14-how-provenance-marks-from-lithuanian-incunabula/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-332-8/014
dc.identifier.issn	2610-9883
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9107
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-333-5
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-332-8
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Books of the 15th Century
dc.subject	Books of the 15th Century
dc.subject	History of Lithuania
dc.subject	History of Lithuania
dc.subject	Illuminators
dc.subject	Illuminators
dc.subject	Incunabula
dc.subject	Incunabula
dc.subject	Prices
dc.subject	Prices
dc.subject	Private libraries
dc.subject	Private libraries
dc.subject	Provenance
dc.subject	Provenance

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14 How Provenance Marks from Lithuanian Incunabula are Contributing to Historical Narrative

Viktorija Vaitkevičiūtė Lietuvos nacionalinė Martyno Mažvydo biblioteka, Lietuva

Agnė Zemkajutė Lietuvos mokslų akademijos Vrublevskių biblioteka, Lietuva

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At present, eight different libraries in Lithuania preserve 510 incunabula in their holdings. In the 15th century, Lithuania did not have printing houses, so books had to be imported. A majority of incunabula kept in Lithuania carry inscriptions which show that these books were brought to Lithuania as early as in the 16th or 17th century. However, extant book markings may also become a way of shedding light on historical events which influenced the fate of libraries, and, vice versa, a knowledge of historical events may fill in lacunae left by provenance marks in the history of a book.

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Feb. 24, 2020

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Nov. 11, 2019

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May 16, 2019

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978-88-6969-333-5

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978-88-6969-332-8

Keywords: History of Lithuania • Incunabula • Books of the 15th Century • Prices • Private libraries • Illuminators • Provenance

permalink: http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-332-8/014

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