Calling for #BookHistory expertise: How is the library practice called that uses a too big stamp on title pages searching for empty spaces to fill with ownership hints while also taking care of the vandalizing situation by using cover materials to keep the writing untouched while stamping? In short: how to make half of a library stamp on a rare manuscript?
References to the images in the second part of this mini thread. #histodons @histodons
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The left image is taken from 1v of https://t1p.de/w23u0 . The stamp is from 1769 and reads in full glory: "BIBLIOTH. GEORG. AVGVST. DONAT. UFFENBACH 1769."
The image on the right is from 2 Cod. Ms. philos. 47 from the SUb Göttingen https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/DE-611-HS-3800088
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@dbellingradt cool images!! Without being much of an expert I see two options from a practical standpoint:
a) cover the not-to-be-stamped text with something
b) bend the paper before stamping
I suppose option a) is easier to achieve :)
@dbellingradt@mastodon.social do you mind if I add these to the https://pda.cerl.org/ ?
Would be a lovely example to show this technique.
@dbellingradt @histodons If I were a librarian who wanted to do that, I would ink the stamp using an ink pad or roller of the width required, and have the sides of the stamp marked accordingly to aid alignment. Or else cover parts of the stamp with paper or vellum after inking it and before stamping. But I am not a book historian.