Manuscripts, Archives and Letters · Early Printed and Rare Books A New Discovery in an Old Astronomy Book One of the annotations reveals awareness for a faster calculation of sines known as the ‘Ingenious Way’ (Artificium). Guest author • 07-04-2015
Early Printed and Rare Books The Library of Menno ter Braak Personal annotations from Menno ter Braak, the Dutch writer who warned against National Socialism. Anton van der Lem • 31-12-2014
Early Printed and Rare Books Portraits of Huizinga and the Dies Natalis of Leiden University The most requested portraits of Huizinga are located in the printed menu of the festive dinner to celebrate the Dies Natalis of Leiden University on February 8, 1933. Anton van der Lem • 06-02-2014
Early Printed and Rare Books The Confusion of Cyrillic Script For a long time no one in Leiden knew very well how to deal with books from Eastern Europe. A Croatian translation of the New Testament was taken for Russian until the eighteenth century. Kasper van Ommen • 22-11-2013
Early Printed and Rare Books A unicorn fish aground in 1736 in the Elbe estuary Wasn’t it obvious then, that the ‘horn’ of this sea animal would have the same antidotal qualities as that of its terrestrial counterpart? Guest author • 01-02-2013
Early Printed and Rare Books An entertaining book about tears: Petitus’ De lacrymis libri tres Why do women weep more than men? • 21-12-2012
Early Printed and Rare Books Two hundred years of Reynard studies: the Gräter edition (1812) Late in the 1790s, the now famous animal epic Van den vos Reynaerde was discovered in the library of a German abbey. André Bouwman • 07-12-2012
Early Printed and Rare Books 425 years Leiden University Library: from Vaulted Room to ‘the cloud’ On October 31, 1587 Leiden university created its first library room, in the Academy Building at Rapenburg. André Bouwman • 31-10-2012
Prints, Drawings and Portraits · Early Printed and Rare Books A book of poetry by M. Vasalis, illustrated by Cees Bantzinger Bantzinger with his erotic depiction presents his own interpretation of the poem. Anton van der Lem • 22-06-2012
