Curator of typography & printing house heritage at Museum Plantin-Moretus (Antwerp, Belgium), loving maps, music and photographyhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3mrsxenovlc2yhttps://job.antwerpen.be/job/Leidinggevende-collectiebeheer-Museum-Plantin-Moretus/1391160333/ Wie komt ons team versterken voor deze boeiende en uitdagende job in het mooiste museum van Antwerpen dat ook UNESCO Werelderfgoed is?29 Jul 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsxenovlc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3mpqdarqcos2tI'm all set to talk about "A Remarkable Discovery of Maps on the Reverse of Copper Plates" on Tuesday, July 7th, at ICHC 2026 in Prague. #ICHC202603 Jul 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqdarqcos2thttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3mm5bjvifk22lNice find: Plantin's printer's mark is described as an emblem in S. Pietra-Santa, De symbolis heroicis libri IX. Antverpiae, ex Officina Plantiniana B. Moreti, 1634, p. 382. The engraving was only used as an illustration for this publication, and never used as a printer's mark in any other edition.18 May 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm5bjvifk22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3mj3bl6dvh22jWanted: a golden tip about this woodblock. In our exhibition 'Plantin's Plants', you can admire a woodblock depicting maize. However, we do not know for which book this woodblock was ever used. #museumplantinmoretus #plantenvanplantijn09 Apr 2026 16:55 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj3bl6dvh22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3mic4ct4wvk2kAre you still looking for a nice activity to escape the unpredictable April weather? Then you will certainly find something to your liking in the Plants of Plantin exhibition at Museum Plantin-Moretus. #plantenvanplantijn #museumplantinmoretus30 Mar 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mic4ct4wvk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3mhw2gf5sn22iErg benieuwd hoe de collega's in Rotterdam de bloemenexpo Flowers Forever hebben samengesteld. Tijd voor een jumelage met de Planten van Plantijn? Kunsthal Rotterdam Museum Plantin-Moretus #flowersforever #plantenvanplantijn https://www.kunsthal.nl/nl/plan-je-bezoek/tentoonstellingen/flowers-forever/25 Mar 2026 21:39 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhw2gf5sn22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3mhg54ptxls24#plantenvanplantijn #museumplantinmoretus19 Mar 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhg54ptxls24https://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3mgnmwamnhk24Spring is in the air! The exhibition Plantin's Plants opens March 21st at Museum Plantin-Moretus. #plantenvanplantijn #museumplantinmoretus09 Mar 2026 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnmwamnhk24https://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3mgihdsozgs2gDe lente hangt in de lucht! Spring is in the air! #plantenvanplantijn #museumplantinmoretus07 Mar 2026 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgihdsozgs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3m35g6oq2jc2eOur unicorn is the first to arrive in Potsdam for the "World Summit of Unicorns" #museumbarberini #unicorn #einhorn14 Oct 2025 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3m35g6oq2jc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3lxhi7hgm5k2uNa een leven gewijd te hebben aan het opmeten van de aarde, mag hij het nu gaan proberen in hogere sferen. After a life dedicated to measuring the Earth, he can now try his luck in higher spheres. In memoriam Frans Depuydt (1939-2025)28 Aug 2025 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxhi7hgm5k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3lpwivsd5nk2nLynda Sayce plays a piece of lute music that was recently discovered in an archival document at the Museum Plantin-Moretus. Since the handwritten lute tablature was folded and reused as scrap paper, it's problaby the first time in 400 years that this music is heard.24 May 2025 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpwivsd5nk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3lmkfmwl4dk2uA few years ago we celebrated life together under the motto "Life is a song, sing it". All beautiful songs come to an end. Fortunately, every ending is also a new beginning. Grateful for what has been, we now each go our own way. We remain connected, through the love for our children.11 Apr 2025 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmkfmwl4dk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3lmh2upyht22qStrange that no one asked which engravings are on the image side of the newly acquired copper plates. The answer: the images on pages 103 and 123 of Otto van Veen, Amoris divini emblemata (Antwerp, M. Nutius & J. Meursius, 1615; Antwerp, ex officina Plantiniana B. Moreti, 1660). #copperplates10 Apr 2025 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmh2upyht22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3lmaerpxvv22gGreat day at work today. Purchase of two 17th century copper plates, both with a mark of the Antwerp coppersmith Peeter Stas. Here is a photo and macro shot of the same mark on one of the plates. #copperplates07 Apr 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmaerpxvv22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3ljt4mt5lus2vMarch 8, 2025: Wonderful woodblocks and curious copper plates Paper presentation for the Antwerp Bibliophile Society "A number of recent discoveries are being pieced together for the first time."07 Mar 2025 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljt4mt5lus2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3limuo2szjs2pRecurring apostrophe failures20 Feb 2025 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3limuo2szjs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3lf3it7hnp22zMap detectives to the rescue (bis)! We're looking for a (most probably) 2-sheet map of Geldern with this cartouche in the lower right corner (copper plates reversed here). The text reads "La deffaicte de l'Ennemy pa[r] Son Exc. Comte Henry van[den] Berg[h]"06 Jan 2025 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf3it7hnp22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3ldqqk5e7mc2pDaydream I fell asleep amid the flowers For a couple of hours On a beautiful day #wallacecollection #hiddengeminlondon20 Dec 2024 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldqqk5e7mc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3lbwwslxpjc25Map detectives to the rescue! We are searching for a printed map depicting the siege of Frankenthal (Pfalz), which happened from 1621 to 1623. #blocksplatesstones #earlymodernmaps #skystorians #maphistory27 Nov 2024 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbwwslxpjc25https://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3lbjffynn6c23Did you know that you can scroll through our more than 100 sets of letter punches? Every single punch has been digitized in microscopic detail. #plantinmoretus #printinghistory #letterpunches22 Nov 2024 06:53 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbjffynn6c23https://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3latr74tqg22lImpressed by Plantin offers the prints of 14,000 woodblocks, freely available for creative reuse. https://museumplantinmoretus.be/en/impressedbyplantin13 Nov 2024 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3latr74tqg22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joostdepuydt.bsky.social/post/3lap6zcetck2mWhat a nice gem from our collection of copper plates! A printer's mark of the Officina Plantiniana.11 Nov 2024 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:ffp4piolfx2mogpbmxlev4iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3lap6zcetck2m