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FYI France: new Institut d'Histoire du Livre, Lyon
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FYI France: the new Institut d'Histoire du Livre, at Lyon
An important new site offering four good new databases -- for
anyone interested in "the book", or in information and
communication, or in libraries or France or the history of
science or history in general -- has been announced at,
http://ihl.enssib.fr
This is the new IHL / Institut d'Histoire du Livre, a joint
project of Lyon's outstanding Bibliothe`que Municipale and Muse'e
de l'Imprimerie, and the Ecole des Chartes, the ENSSIB, and the
Ecole Normale Sup:
"The creation of the Institut d'histoire du livre in
April 2001 brought together the Municipal library and the
Printing museum, already designated by the Bibliothe`que
nationale de France as the principal resource centre
(po^le associe') in the fields of printing and book
history, with three grands e'coles: the Ecole nationale
des chartes (Paris); the Ecole nationale supe'rieure des
sciences de l'information et des bibliothe`ques
(Villeurbanne), which is responsible for the training of
library curators in France; and the Ecole normale
supe'rieure, lettres et sciences humaines which opened
its doors in Lyons in September 2000, and whose
researchers are particularly active in the fields of
philosophy, linguistics and literature. The result was
the creation of a new focal point for research in book
history..."
Online at the new site you can find the following: use the
French language site only, as several items are not (yet?) shown
on the English language version --
* Ecole de l'Institut d'Histoire du Livre / Book History Workshop
"The Book History Workshop is aimed not only at book and
printing historians but also at the many other specialists who
encounter questions related to book and printing history in the
course of their work: researchers, teachers, archivists,
librarians, antiquarian booksellers, designers, etc.
"The courses offered by the Institut d'histoire du livre
cover various aspects of the history of the book and graphic
communications. Subjects are dealt with from both theoretical and
practical points of view through illustrated lectures,
discussions and the study of original documents. The collections
of Lyons city library and the Museum of printing provide an
important source of original documents for study.
"Each course is offered either in French or in English
and is taught by a leading international specialist in the field
under study.
"Upcoming IHL classes & courses -- "Organised in
conjunction with the Rare Book School, Charlottesville,
Virginia", as recently announced online on Exlibris --
"Courses for September 2001 -- The Lyons-based Institut
d'histoire du livre is offering three advanced courses in the
fields of book and printing history. These four-day courses will
take place in Lyons from the 24th to the 27th September 2001 --
"** Type, lettering and calligraphy 1450-1830 (James Mosley)
"The development of the major formal and informal book
hands, the dominant printing types of each period, and their
interrelationship. Topics include: the Gothic hands; humanistic
script; the Renaissance inscriptional capital; Garamond and the
spread of the Aldine Roman; calligraphy from the chancery italic
to the English round hand; the neo-classical book and its
typography; and early commercial typography. The course
presupposes a general knowledge of Western history and some
awareness of the continuity of the Latin script but no special
knowledge of typographical history. This course, which is taught
in French, is also offered by the Rare Book School.
"James Mosley, is Visiting Professor in the Department of
Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading.
He retired as Librarian of the St Bride Printing Library in
London in 1999. The founding editor of the Journal of the
Printing Historical Society, he has written and lectured
extensively on the history of European and English typography.
** Texts and images in the digital age (Michel Melot)
"The aim of the course is to examine the impact on the
book of new authoring practices related to photography and
digital techniques, of new modes of interactive reading, and of
the abandonment of notions of linearity and exhaustivity.
Subjects covered: opposition between text / image and space /
time; oral and graphic dimensions of text; fixed and moving
images; the impact of digital technology; consequences of the
evolution of writing techniques and practices in aesthetic and
legal terms (the book as an art object, the concept of author);
the consequences of these transformations on the history and
nature of the book, the current evolution of its forms and
content, and its future. This course is offered in French.
"Michel Melot, was curator of prints and photographs at
the Bibliothe`que nationale de France before going on to direct
the Bibliothe`que publique d'information of the Georges Pompidou
Centre. He is currently in charge of the study, documentation and
inventory department of the Direction de l'architecture et du
patrimoine within the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
He is the author of numerous studies including L'Oeil qui rit :
le pouvoir comique des images (1975), L'estampe: histoire d'un
art (1981) and L'Illustration: histoire d'un art (1984)...
** Printed ephemera (Michael Twyman)
"This course addresses printed ephemera from several
different directions, but principally with the needs of the
curator and collector in mind. It will focus on 19c British and
French ephemera, though the general issues raised relate to all
periods and to material in other languages. Classes will consist
of a mix of illustrated talks on specific topics, discussion
periods, and sessions spent looking at original items. Topics
include: processes used in the production of ephemera (in
particular, transfer lithography and chromolithography);
acquisitions policies and strategies; describing and cataloging
ephemera; dating ephemera; terminology; digitization of
collections. Members of the class are invited *though not
required* to give short accounts or presentations of focused
collections in their care, whether private or institutional. This
course, which is taught in English, is also offered by the Rare
Book School.
"Michael Twyman, is Emeritus Professor in the Department
of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of
Reading and has written extensively on the history of printing,
lithography and ephemera. He is the author of John Soulby,
Printer, Ulverston (1966), Printing 1770-1970 (1970, reprinted
1998), The British Library Guide to Printing: History and
Techniques (1998), Lithography 1800-1850 (1970), Early
Lithographed Books (1990), and Early Lithographed Music (1996).
He has recently completed and edited Maurice Rickards' The
Encyclopedia of Ephemera (2000)."
IHL also offers:
* Journe'es d'Etudes / One - Day Seminars -- for example:
"One - Day Seminar Series on the Production of the
Ancient Book
"The history of the book, conceived as a part of a more
general history of the means of communication and information, is
defined fundamentally as an historic crossroads. It is an
economic history of production and distribution, but also an
intellectual history of content, a cultural history of practices
of reading and learning, an institutional history of
administration and regulation, and an artistic history of forms
-- of illustrations, typography, bindings.
"At the heart of these investigations, 'the book as an
object' -- written or printed, book proper or periodical allows
us to see, in the multiplicity of its contents and its formats,
the multiplicity as well of its underlying rationales, like that
of the [reading and learning] practices of which it has been and
continues to be the support.
"The question of book - production also requires this
'archeology of the object' approach, via a dual research
procedure:
"a) in the very general sense of the history of ideas and
of representations, the production of the book presents, like a
mirror, the conditions of writing and work and conceptualization
of a given era: the very forms of writing and of typography (the
problems of abbreviations, of punctuation, etc.), the appearance
of and organization of paragraphs, the presence or absence of
location tools such as pagination and running titles, tables and
indexes, the title page and its various components. Illustrations,
the relation between text and image, decorative elements in any
given case, all will be considered in this context.
"b) in the sense of reading practices, the production of
the book also informs us about access to the text -- varieties of
learning and interpretation, and the structures of implicit reading.
"The One - Day Seminar Series organized by the Institut
d'Histoire du Livre develops these ideas by placing them,
systematically, in their most long - range context."
"Four One - Day Seminars are scheduled for 2001:
"* Ge'ographies de la mise en page (10 mai)
Accueil des participants -- Patrick Bazin, directeur de la
Bibliothe`que municipale de Lyon
Pre'sentation de la journe'e -- Alan Marshall, conseiller
scientifique, Muse'e de l'imprimerie de Lyon
La typographie lie'goise au XVIIIe sie`cle -- Daniel Droixhe,
professeur aux Universite's de Bruxelles et de Lie`ge
Couper les griffes au monstre : nouveaux textes, nouveaux livres
dans l'Espagne des Lumie`res -- Maria Luisa Lopez - Vidriero,
directrice de la Real Biblioteca, Madrid
Titre et mise en page des gazettes XVIIe et XVIIIe sie`cles --
Pierre Re'tat, professeur e'me'rite a` l'Universite' de Lyon II
-- UMR LIRE
Vraies et fausses mises en page lyonnaises -- Guy Parguez,
conservateur, Bibliothe`que municipale de Lyon
Re`gles typographiques et re`gles d'orthographe dans la
composition de textes complexes -- Richard Southall, conseiller
typographique, professeur invite' au De'partement de la
typographie et de la communication graphique, Universite' de
Reading
La mise en page dans son contexte culturel -- Ladislas Mandel,
Dessinateur de caracte`res
Conclusion -- Dominique Varry, mai^tre de confe'rences a`
l'Enssib
"* La mise en page du livre scientifique (14 juin)
Accueil des participants -- Patrick Bazin, directeur de la
Bibliothe`que municipale de Lyon
Pre'sentation de la journe'e -- Fre'de'ric Barbier, professeur
d'histoire du livre a` l'Enssib, directeur d'e'tudes a` l'Ecole
pratique des hautes e'tudes
L'histoire naturelle en livres (XIIIe au XVIe sie`cle) -- Marie -
Pierre Dion, directeur de la Bibliothe`que municipale de Valenciennes
Manuels pratiques a` l'usage des inge'nieurs (XVIIe et XVIIIe
sie`cles) -- Catherine Bousquet - Bressolier, charge'e de
confe'rences a` l'Ecole pratique des hautes e'tudes
Qu'est-ce qu'un article au Journal des Savants? -- Jean - Pierre
Vittu, professeur a` l'Universite' d'Orle'ans
Les livres d'art militaire franc,ais au sie`cle des Lumie`res --
Nicolas Hacquebart - Desvignes, doctorant, Ecole pratique des
hautes e'tudes
Le texte et l'image dans le livre d'architecture au XIXe et XXe
sie`cles -- Be'atrice Bouvier, boursie`re de la Fondation Thiers
La vulgarisation scientifique et technique dans L'Enciclopedia
Espasa -- Philippe Castellano, mai^tre de confe'rences a`
l'Universite' de Rennes 2
Le Journal de physique hier et aujourd'hui -- Jean - Marc
Quilbe', e'diteur, directeur de EDP Sciences
Conclusion -- Michel Blay, directeur de la recherche a` l'Ecole
normale supe'rieure, lettres et sciences humaines (Lyon)
and -- program detail to be announced --
"* La mise en page du texte poe'tique (8 novembre)
"* La mise en page du livre religieux (13 décembre)
[If your palate by now is watering, and in case you will be in
Lyon or even in Paris -- Paris to Lyon is 2 hours door - to -
door now, via TGV, and the train stops literally at the doorway
of the Bibliothe`que Municipale -- I will be happy personally to
provide, to anyone:
* hotel suggestions in Lyon
* restaurant suggestions in Lyon
* things to do suggestions in / around Lyon
* warm recommendations of Lyon and the Lyonnais
as a town / people / place to visit / place to stay
plus enthusiastic endorsement of the Lyon Bibliothe`que
Municipale and Muse'e de l'Imprimerie, the ENSSIB, and all those
involved in this IHL / Institut d'Histoire du Livre project...
Lyon helped us raise our kids, their excellent Bibliothe`que
Municipale (Croix Rousse branch, mostly) helped them to learn
their French, their wonderful Muse'e de l'Imprimerie taught them
to bind books... and we have spent many good times living in and
touring the very accessible and very beautiful Lyon area...]
The IHL site also offers four remarkable new online resources:
1) L'Esprit des Livres -- Nouvelles approches pour l'e'tude des
bibliothe`ques prive'es
"The aim of the project is to encourage new research into
the private libraries of the Ancien Re'gime, also to offer means
of publicizing their contents in some useful manner. For a study
of the catalogs of public sale from the period 1680-1811, this
project envisions a knowledge of private libraries of the Ancien
Re'gime which combines the approaches of historians, librarians,
and writers.
"The research is structured around two principal themes:
"** a computerized database of sales catalogs preserved
in France
"** a study of the libraries of the fermiers ge'ne'raux,
and of the effect which they had upon the book
with access to their remarkable database -- sample entry:
Possesseur
Nom M.***.
Ourches, comte Le'on d'
Residence Nancy ?
Notes Blogie, J.
Vente
Condition de vente aux enche`res / en de'tail
Date de vente le courant du mois de de'cembre prochain /
lundi 16 de'cembre 1811
Date de de'but 18111216
Date de fin 18120114
Lieu de vente Paris
Vendeur Brunet, Jean - Charles fils / Vincent,
P.-L. (C.-P.)
Localisation en l'une des salles de la rue des Bons -
Enfants, n°30.
Description
Titre Catalogue des livres rares, pre'cieux et bien
conditionne's du cabinet de M.***, contenant une partie des plus
anciennes Editions du 15e sie`cle ; une belle suite d'Auteurs
classiques grecs et latins, la plupart en grand papier ; une
collection d'ouvrages d'Histoire naturelle, avec des planches
colorie'es ; un grand nombre d'Editions de luxe ; des Livres
imprime's sur velin, et quelques Manuscrits richement de'core's :
le tout accompagne' d'e'claircissemens ne'cessaires. Par J.-Ch.
Brunet fils. Prix, 3 francs.
Adresse Paris: Brunet, Jean-Charles fils: Crapelet, 1811
Format 8
Collation xvj, 304, (4), 8 p. (sig. ( )8 (1-19)8 ( )6)
Pagination 332
Pre'cisions
Genre Cat. de vente
Pie`ces liminaires oui
Code Avis au lecteur / Table des divisions / Table
des vacations / Index alphabe'tique / Divers
Classement me'thodique "des libraires de Paris" (5 classes)
Prix non
Non livres Manuscrits / Estampes / Cartes
Nombre d'articles 1571
References bibliographiques Blogie, J.
Notes coll. d'incunables, rel. ; correct. et additions
; mat. dom. : Belles-Lettres
Exemplaires
Ex. biblio B.M.L. 345575 rel. cart., faux titre ;
Le'on d'Ourches, nom du poss. mss. sur faux t. et p. de t. ;
relie' apre`s le cat. : par continuation. Notice d'un bon choix
de livres,...77 n°, 8 p. ; cachet de provenance : dept de la
Seine 3 C. Notes manuscrites / Prix manuscrits / Noms des
acquéreurs manuscrits / Marque de provenance de l'exemplaire
Provenance Dpt de la Seine ?
2) Histoire du livre sur le web / Book history on the web
searchable data base of web links -- sample entry:
Stift St. Paul
Monaste`re Saint Paul / Monastery of St. Paul
St. Paul im Lavanttal St. Paul 9470 Autriche
tel : +43-4357 2019-22
fax : +43-4357 2019-23
Monaste`re be'ne'dictin fonde' en 1091, abrite un muse'e
de peintures, ivoires, objets d'or et d'argent, numismatique, une
collection d'art chinois et une bibliothe`que riche de 4000
manuscrits, 2800 incunables, 180 000 livres imprime's et 25000
estampes.
Visiter le site. [link]
Envoyer un mail. [link]
3) Agenda -- currently listing, for example:
* 20 mars-17 juin -- Contes de fées -- Exposition qui se propose
de revisiter le ce'le`bre Cabinet des fe'es publie' par Charles -
Joseph Mayer entre 1785 et 1789... le talent de visionnaires de
fe'erie comme Gustave Dore' et Arthur Rackam, dont seront
expose's des dessins originaux. -- Bibliothe`que nationale de
France, site Tolbiac...
* 5 avril-29 juin -- Tristan l'Hermite -- La Bibliothèque
Mazarine et l'Association des Amis de Tristan l'Hermite
ce'le`breront le quatrie`me centenaire de la naissance de Tristan
l'Hermite en lui consacrant une exposition de tonalite'
re'solument bibliographique et "bibliophilique"...
* 16 mai-28 juillet -- Voyages: a Smithsonian Librairies
Exhibition -- ...entre les autres le Sidereus nuncius magna
(Venise, 1610), les quatre volumes de la Topographia Galliae de
Martin Zeiller (Frankfort, 1655-1661) et A Voyage towards the
South Pole and round the world (London, 1977) de James Cook. --
The Grolier Club...
* 4-6 juin -- Libros de caballeri'as (de Amadi's al Quijote).
Poe'tica, lectura, representación e identidad -- Colloque
international organise' par la Sociedad de estudios medievales y
renacentistas en collaboration avec l'universite' de Cologne. Il
se déroulera à l'Université de Salamanque dans le cadre des
séminaires d'études médiévales et de la Renaissance...
* 19-22 juillet 2001 -- Ninth Annual Conference of the Society
for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing,
Williamsburg, Virginia -- La confe'rence concernera l'histoire du
livre mais aussi le livre et les bibliothe`ques dans le nouveau
millenium...
* 1-4 octobre -- Congreso Internacional sobre la Abade'a de Santo
Domingo de Silos -- En occasion du mille'naire de la naissance de
S. Dominique de Silos, restaurateur de la ce'le`bre abbaye
be'ne'dictine de Burgos, le monaste`re de Silos et l'Universite'
de Burgos ont organise' un colloque international avec des
sections consacre'es a` l'histoire, a` l'histoire de l'art, a` la
culture et a` la spiritualite'...
* 26-28 novembre -- Electronic Resources. Definition, selection
and cataloguing -- Colloque international organise' par
l'Universite' de Rome La Sapienza, Ecole spe'ciale pour les
archivistes et les bibliothe'caires, le Ministe`re des Biens
culturels et l'Association italienne des bibliothèques...
4) A Lire -- Ouvrages re'cemment parus [containing, currently, a
fascinating and useful list of new and interesting works to be
read in all of the fields mentioned above -- think different /
think French...]
So, happy summer reading... Paris is 77 degrees today and sunny /
Lyon is 82 and it's gonna rain / San Francisco is 90+ and running
out of electricity...
But "what, me worry?" because I'm on my way to a holiday in sunny
Paraguay... somebody please tell me what they're reading nowadays
in sunny Paraguay?... See y'all in Julio...
--oOo--
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