Who, where, when? Asking old, “silent” books the right questions

You stand before two very old books. One of them is huge and misses part of its wooden cover. The other is tiny and looks unique. One seems written in Latin, the other in Ancient Greek. None of them mention their creator, the time or place of their publication. How can we solve the mysteries they hide? What clues can we get from the quality and texture of the paper? What does the watermark mean and how can we decode the printing types? The National Library of Greece hides treasures and it’s your turn to reveal their secrets!

Speaker: Yannis Kokkonas, Associate Professor of Bibliology and Bibliography, Department of Archives, Library Science and Museology, Ionian University

Organisation: The National Library of Greece