Sheet Music Books
The beginnings
The invention of the printing press made sheet music very popular across the globe. The Mainz Psalter, published in 1457...
18
Mar
Antique Books
11
Mar
The Quran – The book with handling instructions
The Quran: How it was created
The holy book of Muslims, the Quran, is taken as the literal words of God. Muhammad, the last prophet spo...
29
Nov
The New Testament – Alba Iulia 1648
The New Testament of Alba Iulia
Main subject of this article is Romanian translation of the New Testament printed in Alba Iulia. It's ...
04
Nov
Kyiv Pechersk Lavra – The Pillar of Orthodoxy
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra
Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra is a historic Orthodox Christian monastery, founded in the mid-11th century. The monastery was...
20
Apr
Used and rare books – Collector’s guide
Used and rare books - Forming a collection
The first question that probably comes to your mind when thinking about book collecting is&n...
23
Mar
Rare Bibles – Short collecting guide
Rare Bibles - Collecting tips
As you may already know, the Bible was the most significant book in the Western world. It has greatly inf...
08
Mar
Collecting travel books
Travel books
Before you ask yourself about collecting travel books, you should get familiar with their form and the evolution. Travel b...
15
Aug
18th century Serbian books – Struggle for independence
After dark and painful 17th century for Serbian culture and printing, certain kind of renaissance came in 18th century, when Serbian bo...
04
Aug
Books and their bindings
Today we are going to talk about various types of book bindings. Books can contain works of art so can a work of art contain ...
02
Jun
The Forbidden Books
As a natural course of events, after the beginning of mass printing and the Gutenberg revolution, a need to regulate the contents of th...
12
May
Translating the Scripture – Heresy or Populism?
Last time we talked about Orthodox books and now we will be talking about the Catholic sphere of Christianity. Today we will take a fir...
26
Apr
Orthodox Books II
Last week we talked about some of the Orthodox Church books, some used for service, some for personal use. Today you can read the conti...