Experts of #bookhistory and #libraryhistory might have spotted as well the prominent library stamp in the right corner: #LibraryStampMadness

That's three modern stamps on one manuscript page of 1455. No further questions. Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory

"Just hide the stamp in the clouds", said a librarian once and smiled. Of course, you see another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series. #bookhistory

"And today, we'll practice stamping without touching the main title", said a librarian of the #Rostock based 'Bibliothek der mecklenburgischen Ritter- und Landschaft' once. "So, ornament and subtitle is fine?" "Yes. Why do you ask?" Another step forward in the #LibraryStampMadness series.

"Find a decent way to make stamp 1 disappear" said the master librarian in Paris to the apprentice. "Two stamps are enough" echoed in his head while he was trying to make the first stamp unseen ... Well, welcome to the #LibraryStampMadness series of #bookhistory fame.

Initials of old manuscripts attracted library stamps for centuries, as friends of #LibraryStampMadness may have noticed so far. Here, a Vatican librarian couldn't resist to fill the free space in the big P initial. Volltreffer. #bookhistory #librarysky

"This time, I am gonna hide the library stamp somewhere in between the lines", maybe said a librarian in the Vatican once and tried not to touch the two big initials. The #LibraryStampMadness series continues. #bookhistory

"I'll accept the challenge", said a smiling librarian in Munich once, and used the worst library stamp available to meet the bad woodblock print of #Mercury on this title page of 1631. This is, of course, another contribution to the #LibraryStampMadness series.

"I am gonna hide this library stamp so good, no alchemist will ever see a difference" said a St. Gallen librarian of the Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana back then, and contributed to our series of #LibraryStampMadness. Thank you! Well done. #bookhistory

Today in the #LibraryStampMadness series: How to connect two paragraphs in a fifteenth-century manuscript in true style (and by using only a way too big library stamp)? Et voilà: