KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections
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We take care of KU Leuven Libraries' heritage collections housed in the University Library: rare books, lecture notes and other manuscripts, graphics...
Ladeuzeplein 21, 3000 Leuven
Joined May 2021
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This website offers a historical overview of the printed book in the Netherlands up to the year 2000. It contains a handbook written by 42 leading book scholars and a well developed image bank. #siteoftheweek
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Perhaps this motto of Ferdinand I was a lesson for the reader after reading the contents of the book, ‘De vita excellentium imperatorum’ by Cornelius Nepos (R5A45435). #tomorrowsresearch #rarebooks.
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Accidit in puncto, quod non speratur in anno: this motto can be found in the handwritten bookplate of a certain Georgius Maija (?), written in 1759. However, the skull and a call to live as if you might die tomorrow indicates that inot only good things can happen suddenly.
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Our #siteoftheweek is the Encyclopedie van Nederlandstalige Tijdschriften ('Encyclopaedia of Dutch-language Magazines'). Its aim is to provide a (detailed) description of all Dutch-language magazines from the 17th and 18th centuries (up to 1850).
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The Benedictine monk Augustin Calmet (1672-1757) seems to enjoy posing for the artist who made his portrait. In this engraving, he is already 86 years old! Engraving included in a posthumous edition of his commentary on the Old Testament (RB9357). #rarebooks #tomorrowsresearch
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#Jobalert (in Dutch) Wij zoeken een nieuwe collega collectie-expert/conservator. Ben je gebeten door boekgeschiedenis (na 1600)? Aarzel dan niet om ons te overtuigen van je kandidatuur! Solliciteren kan tot en met 19 mei.
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Last Sunday was #HeritageDay (#Erfgoeddag). And there was plenty to do at the University Library. Here are a few impressions.
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HUMANUS is meant to collect the bibliographical data of all essays and articles of periodicals, annuals, memorial volumes and volume of essays that are related to Hungary in a broader sense: authors, topics, culture, etc.#siteoftheweek
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Ever heard of the term ‘horologiography’? It's the study of making sundials. This and other practical applications are discussed in this mathematical work from 1720 (RA44551). #rarebooks #tomorrowsresearch
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British Fencer Archibald Corble (1883-1944) was an avid collector of books on fencing and other sports. After WWII, his collection of ca 1900 objects came to Leuven. Now, ca 1225 books +MSS have been digitised by KU Leuven Libraries and are available via:
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Today is Good Friday, the day on which Christians commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus. These miniatures are not from a manuscript, but from a work printed at the beginning of the 16th century (R2A9784).
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The library will be closed on 21 April (Easter Monday). Today, Maundy Thursday, the countdown to Easter has begun. The images below depict the Last Supper and Jesus praying on the Mount of Olives. They come from a Bible printed in Paris in 1691 (RB12119).
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Some bindings and clasps are truly impressive. This is certainly the case with this 19th-century copy printed in Louvain (R5A12995). #rarebooks #tomorrowsresearch
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The database ‘Fabrique de l'art. Couleurs et matériaux des enluminures’ puts together data on the colour materials in illuminated MSS (Antiquity-17thc., esp. from BnF). The data come from W. Europe + Near/Middle East + pre-Columbian America. #siteoftheweek
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This Book of Hours from the last decades of the fifteenth century was recently digitised. Anyone can now browse through this beautiful manuscript at More info in Dutch via
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‘Deposited to comply with the requirements of the law on literary property": with this sentence, none other than Hendrik Conscience confirms being the author of this work (R5A34391). The printer also declares that this work has rolled off his presses. #tomorrowsresearch
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A 17th-century rare book about monsters, both human and animal, naturally contains ‘monstrous’ images (R5A36736). #tomorrowsresearch #rarebooks
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Game on! On the last working day of intern Ellen (left in the first photo), we tested the library game she developed for #HeritageDay with the entire team. It made for a fun lunch break! And if you would like to try this game for yourself, you are always welcome on 27.04.
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The Légendiers latins database aims to create a list of all medieval and modern manuscripts that contain Latin hagiographic texts identified by the ‘Bibliotheca Hagiographica’ Latina (BHL) and its supplement. #siteoftheweek
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