Document Type
Presentation
Publication Date
3-26-2025
Abstract
This talk focuses on marcas de fuego found on the edges of rare books held by Gleeson Library's Special Collections & University Archives. Using the Catálogo Colectivo de Marcas de Fuego to identify and interpret the marks, this project connects the books from the Donohue Rare Book Room to Carmelite, Franciscan, Dominican, Mercedarian, and Jesuit communities in and around Mexico City. The brand marks provide material evidence of transatlantic circulation, inquisitorial oversight, and the formation of some of the earliest academic and missionary libraries in the Americas.
This presentation was delivered at the CRASE Pecha Kucha Happy Hour on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 held at the Zief Law Library.
Recommended Citation
Solares, Gina, "Branded Books: The Sizzling Story of Marcas de Fuego in the Donohue Rare Book Room" (2025). Gleeson Library Faculty and Staff Research and Scholarship. 65.
https://repository.usfca.edu/librarian/65
