Talk:Ex Libris (bookplate)

message: I'm confused by the last sentence of this article, saying that "A bookplate is also called ex libris".  Should that be "an ex libris"?  In a sentence, would I say "this book has a beautiful ex libris"?  -- Creidieki 15:15, 17 July 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "ex libris" 

message: Saw this quote on an Amazon second-hand offer:
:Acceptable condition with poor dust jacket; a little writing on flyleaf. NOT AN EX LIBRIS. ***OVERSIZED~ NON-US ECON ONLY!!!... 
Is he trying to say that this was not previously owned by a public library? If so, is this the correct or a slang usage of the term 'ex libris?'
Thanks.
Kevinz
*Kevinz, that means that it is not a library book (public or otherwise). It's not so much "slang" usage as a way that booksellers sometimes speak of ex-library books, which are usually bound and stamped and not always in the best of shape. Since  ex libris means "from the library", to say NOT AN EX LIBRIS is actually pretty accurate. Morgaledh (talk) 03:15, 19 October 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: What does it mean when a bookseller says 'Not an ex libris'?

message: Two articles should not exist--ZayZayEM 12:44, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To unsigned comment - Ex libris still exists - my undertsanding is that Bookplates are a form of ex libris - no encyclopedic article here should be an "academic discussion".--ZayZayEM 02:56, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: World Book, Encyclopedia Americana, Encarta, and Encyclopedia Britannica all have entries titled "bookplate." None of them have an "ex libris" entry.  World Book and Encarta claim the two terms are interchangeable.--Etr3 07:30, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: I don't believe you should merge the entries, as EX LIBRIS is in its own merit a terminology that has been used for centuries in publishing and archiving. - unsigned comment by User:Superdante
*Bookplating appears to be a form of ex libris. I have not said which way the merge should go. I am leaning towards Ex Libris being the article, as it seems to have the broader definition. This article is not big enough, and will not get big enough in a hurry, to warrant its own seperate existence.--ZayZayEM 01:45, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: To unsigned comment - Ex libris still exists - my undertsanding is that Bookplates are a form of ex libris - no encyclopedic article here should be an "academic discussion".--ZayZayEM 02:56, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: World Book, Encyclopedia Americana, Encarta, and Encyclopedia Britannica all have entries titled "bookplate." None of them have an "ex libris" entry.  World Book and Encarta claim the two terms are interchangeable.--Etr3 07:30, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Don't Merge

message: I would like to say here, that the author of this article haven't mentioned one country in central-eastern Europe, which was pretty important at the end of XVth century and in XVIth century-that is Poland. In Jagiellonian Library we have exlibris dated 1516, so this is the second one of the oldest, so far in Europe. The owner of exlibris was archbishop in Gniezno and king's councelor- Maciej Drzewicki (1467-1535).  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.156.94.91 (talk) 10:26, 11 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  History of Exlibris 

message: from a chemistry book published in 1741: A new method of chemistry : including the history, theory and practice of the art / translated from the original Latin of Dr. Boerhaave’s Elementa chemiae, as published by himself... by Peter Shaw. London : T. Longman
(credit: the National Library of Israel facebook page) Filii Henoch (talk) 21:30, 18 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Note this Ex Libris (from 1741, London) 

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians! 
I am somewhat at loss as to why this article is called "Bookplate" rather than "Ex Libris", as there appears to be consensus that "Ex Libris" is the more inclusive nomenclature? I do not have a citation to back this up at the moment, but anecdotaal evidence tells me that this viewpoint -one which is expressed by many others in this page- is closer to the truth; which led me to consider the possibility of Bookplate being an Americanism(though could not find proof of this as of today). Furthermore, the term'Ex Libris' is also better understood internationally, due to it's latin origin.
Since the discussions in this talk page are almost two decades old, I will assume that it will be difficult to generate sufficient debate in this matter; and I am therefore temporarily changing the name of this article to 'Ex Libris' for the time being. Should any other future Wikipedian feel that this is an incorrect judgement, I would be delighted to further discuss it and reach a more healthy consensus. Cheers! --Mrbdt (talk) 01:38, 27 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name Change from Bookplate to Ex Libris 

message: Lemma:
Current spelling: Ex libris
Correct spelling: Ex-libris
First sentence:
Current spelling: (from ex-librīs, Latin for 'from the books (or library)')
Correct spelling: (from ex librīs, Latin for 'from the books (or library)')
The latin phrase "ex libris" does not have an hyphen.
In English, "ex-libris" is a noun and "ex libris" is an adjective.
See Collins dictionary:
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ex-libris
'Latin for 'from the books (or library)' is, strictly speaking, not correct, too. Library would be "bibliothēca" or, if it is small, "bibliothēcula".
Correct: (from ex librīs, Latin for 'from the books (of)')
Elsewhere in the text, the correct spelling is used:
The name of the owner usually follows an inscription such as "from the books of..." or "from the library of...", or in Latin, "ex libris".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:8071:B85:6400:F90C:36FF:8FAB:92A1 (talk) 18:09, 7 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Spelling of lemma and spelling of "ex-libris" in first sentence needs to be corrected 

message: Nowadays a lot of people use rubber stamps to print their name and an image in books they own, much like a the traditional book plate. Perhaps this should be included.Bill (talk) 04:26, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Stamps