Gallery

Handwritten notes in books

Whether it’s inscriptions, annotations or doodles, readers have always made their marks in books as decoration, aids to memory and signs of ownership.

Joos de Bosscher (-1591)

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

Ernst Brinck (1582/83-1649)

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

Heyden, Adam

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

Otto Willem Hora Siccama (1805-1879)

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

Rufenberge, Hanns von

KB, National Library of the Netherlands

Al-Taftazani

University of Edinburgh

Al-Taftazani

University of Edinburgh