the shrinking librarian

May 21

We just had this tiny tome out for a class this morning so it is the perfect text to launch our MINIATURE MONDAYS!

The New Testament of Our Lord, Jesus Christ. Faithfully translated out of Greeke. This is a Geneva Bible from 1591 published in English in London, by the deputies of Christopher Barker. Just the right size to slip it into a pocket to contemplate. Complete with margin notes and decorated initials.

May 11

uispeccoll:

New Acquisition: 1878 La divina commedia di Dante with the smallest movable type ever cast, a 2pt font called “flies’ eyes.” Tiny is the only word to describe this 58mm volume. In fact, Anne Bromer’s book claims the compositor and the corrector injured their eyesight! Test your own eyesight by stopping by to see it.

Meep!

Feb 11

truebluemeandyou:

DIY Mini Book Necklace and Keychain Tutorial from Chic Steals here. Really easy to understand and detailed tutorial. For lots more DIY mini book projects go here: truebluemeandyou.tumblr.com/tagged/mini-books

(via fuckyeahbookarts)

Nov 20

fuckyeahbookarts:

Make a Itty Bitty Button Book

(via fuckyeahbookarts)

Oct 20

fuckyeahbookarts:

Miniature Alchemy Book (by Maylar)

It took me some time to make this saddle stitch bound book…it measures 2 cm x 2.5 cm with 36 pages including endpapers. There is an alchemical symbol/sigil on every page, including it’s meaning/name in English above it. Pages are made of paper dyed in Earl Grey tea, to give them special coloration, and carefully made “dirty” so the book would looked used. Covers are real leather ,and had to be carefully prepared and given the same look of age/usage as the inner book has …numerous use of alcohol, mineral oil, turpentine and acrylics to accomplish this, but I’m pretty satisfied with result. After that, I did the gilding. Finally, the book was burned a bit (using ember, rather than open fire and even like that it had to be done very, very carefully, avoiding any real damage!)

Oct 17

fuckyeahbookarts:

Miniature Illuminated Medieval Manuscripts & Leonardo da Vinci Sketchbooks (by Ericka VanHorn)

Oct 13

fuckyeahbookarts:

Fairies, Goblins & Gnomes Miniature Book (by Maylar)

Miniature hard cover book, bound by perfect binding. It is 1.8 cm high (0.70 inch) and filled with 36 miniature illustrated pages of fairies, goblins, gnomes, trolls and spirits of nature and household, done in watercolor and pencil on tea-dyed paper. Endpapers are made of same paper, stained to resemble old age.

Covers are made of faux leather and polymer clay, front representing nature (with leaves and flowers) and back representing household, with buttons, yarn and similar and a little gnome peeping through it. Letters on front are gilded with gold paint and the attached bookmark is hand-woven.

Oct 5

libraryjournal:

kellymce:

The traveling exhibit “Monumental Ideas in Miniature Bookmaking” is on display at UI Libraries Special Collections and Archives until Oct. 22. They’re on Tumblr, btw: http://uispeccoll.tumblr.com/

A particularly cool GPOML.

Sep 20

fuckyeahbookarts:

Handmade Miniature Steampunk Books (by Ericka VanHorn)

Sep 12

fuckyeahbookarts:

Miniature Journals (by Ericka VanHorn)

EEEP.

the shrinking librarian

A shy violet keeps a library & information science scrapbook.

Fairies, Goblins & Gnomes Miniature Book (by Maylar)