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====== CERL Grant 2016/17 ====== | ====== CERL Grant 2016/17 ====== | ||
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===== CERL Internship and Placement Grant 2016/17 – The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, | ===== CERL Internship and Placement Grant 2016/17 – The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, | ||
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The CERL Internship and Placement Grant 2016/17 allowed us to work at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek from 1 May to 31 May 2017, as Marieke van Delft, Curator of the Early Printed Books Department, decided to start a project for the cataloguing of incunables in the database Material Evidence of Incunabula. | The CERL Internship and Placement Grant 2016/17 allowed us to work at the Koninklijke Bibliotheek from 1 May to 31 May 2017, as Marieke van Delft, Curator of the Early Printed Books Department, decided to start a project for the cataloguing of incunables in the database Material Evidence of Incunabula. | ||
- | The work, which involved (and involves) Dr van Delft, the three of us and three Dutch university interns, did not start from scratch: former Curator Gerard van Thienen already made many researches on the incunabula kept by the KB, focusing above all on watermarks (which for Dutch books are all inserted in WILC (www.kb.nl/watermark), book collation and provenance evidences. | + | The work, which involved (and involves) Dr van Delft, the three of us and three Dutch university interns, did not start from scratch: former Curator Gerard van Thienen already made many researches on the incunabula kept by the KB, focusing above all on watermarks (which for Dutch books are all inserted in [[http:// |
Van Thienen’s researches merged in file cards, where the main copy features related to different provenances (inscriptions, | Van Thienen’s researches merged in file cards, where the main copy features related to different provenances (inscriptions, | ||
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Thus, except for a few books described in the first days, proper cataloguing on MEI started only in the second week at the KB. During our internship the three of us updated some 120 incunabula (Ruben Celani and Maria O’Shea) and 110 former owners (Judit Kolumban). The more we became acquainted with the database, the more incunabula we could proceed on in a day. | Thus, except for a few books described in the first days, proper cataloguing on MEI started only in the second week at the KB. During our internship the three of us updated some 120 incunabula (Ruben Celani and Maria O’Shea) and 110 former owners (Judit Kolumban). The more we became acquainted with the database, the more incunabula we could proceed on in a day. | ||
- | Even though most of the job has still to be done, the main features of the collection are already emerging, such as the importance of former owners as Jacob Visser (http:// | + | Even though most of the job has still to be done, the main features of the collection are already emerging, such as the importance of former owners as [[http:// |
- | About the organisation of this internship the following. Besides the three of us, two interns from Dutch universities worked for MEI, so we had a pleasant group of people with various expertise that could help each other. Dr van Delft guided | + | About the organisation of this internship the following. Besides the three of us, two interns from Dutch universities worked for MEI, so we had a pleasant group of people with various expertise that could help each other. Dr van Delft guided |
Through this internship we became acquainted with MEI. Furthermore we expanded our knowledge on incunabula and their provenances and which sources can be used for provenance research. More specific we learned about Dutch incunabula and their collectors, and about libraries and Special Collections in the Netherlands. And of course we experienced working in a National Library in a foreign country. | Through this internship we became acquainted with MEI. Furthermore we expanded our knowledge on incunabula and their provenances and which sources can be used for provenance research. More specific we learned about Dutch incunabula and their collectors, and about libraries and Special Collections in the Netherlands. And of course we experienced working in a National Library in a foreign country. |
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