So jet lag thundered into my bones today but I made my 3 pm meeting with Dr. Stephanie Coane, at Eton College. The library was exquisite. Raw wood. No oil, no varnish, no paint. It held such a soft armiture for the books to rest. It’s perhaps the gentlest library I’ve seen. The rooms had a quiet grace. Apparently the College…
Category: Addendum
Bodleian Library considers Addendum, Edition 26!
Well, of course I woke up happy, my adventure continues. Tho in my excitement I actually forgot the Addendum and had to return to my room (it was a fast elevator ride).But I made it to Oxford, and found the newly opened and gorgeous Weston library – part of the Bodleian library. Before my appointment, I saw some…
Library of Congress accepts Addendum to the Gutenberg Bible!
It’s official! The Gutenberg Bible at the Library of Congress has a new friend in the stacks: Addendum, Edition 25! I could not be more delighted. That makes 21 Gutenberg Bibles ‘addended’ with contemporary science!
Addendum, catalogued at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin!
A note from Eef at Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. Edition 11 is in the stacks! Dear Jeni, this is how we catalogued your Addendum: Titel: Genesis addendum : original syn thesis / [Jenifer Wightman] Verfasser: Wightman, Jenifer Ausgabe: New York Center for Book Arts. Erschienen: 2014 Umfang: [1] Bl. ; 46 x 33 cm Anmerkung: Addendum was letterpress printed in an…
Library of Congress received Addendum, Edition #25!
What a way to ring in the new year but at the overwhelmingly beautiful Library of Congress! My dear friend Meg Jamieson accompanied me to the Library of Congress on the afternoon of January 2. I was looking for the Chief of Rare Books and Special Collections, Mark Dimunation. After an hour wait to get our library cards (good for…
Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig gives Shelf mark 01E-2014-36!
From Almuth Marker: “I’m glad to write you, that your donation “Addendum” of the Gutenberg bible was accepted by the Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig. It’s now part of the staff of special collections, it got the following shelf mark: 01E-2014-36. The complete catalogue entry you can see here: https://katalog.ub.uni-leipzig.de/Record/0013053590 You can find it not only in our catalogue, but also in the…
Bodmer Museum accepts Ed 24: “Bravo for the marathon through the institutions in possession of a ‘Gutenberg'”
This email note from Nicolas Ducimetiere, Vice-Directeur of Fondation Martin Bodmer: “L’exemplaire n° 24 de votre « Addentum » m’a bien été remis par notre collaborateur Ugo Rodriguez et je vous en remercie vivement. J’ai pu suivre, grâce à votre site web, les différentes étapes de votre périple : bravo pour ce marathon à travers les institutions en possession d’une…
Gutenberg Museum accepts Addendum Ed 5 & 6!
Delighted to receive this email from Dr. Schutt-Kehm in Mainz, Germany where Johannes Gutenberg printed his bibles in the 1450’s! Dear Ms. Wightman, Dr. Annette Ludwig, director of the Gutenberg-Museum, was very delighted with the beautiful gift you gave to our Museum, and she was enthralled by the creative idea behind your work. So it is with great pleasure that…
Ed 14 indexed at SUB-Goettingen with shelf-mark Cod: Ms. 2014.21
An email from Helmut: “I hope life is treating you well! I thought you might be pleased to learn that my colleague Bärbel Mund catalogued your gift under the shelf-mark Cod. Ms. 2014.21. The database we used for your broadsheet is called HANS and we use it mostly for autographs and collected papers. When you click on the link below…
Addendum Ed 16 “May surely be a source of great reflections and discussions”
President Francois Decoster of Bibliotheque d’Agglomeration de Saint-Omer has accepted edition 16! Thank you for your kind words.