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
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters · Photography Mementoes of Hans Christian Andersen In 1866 Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) sent a photograph of himself to the writer Anna Louisa Geertruida Bosboom-Toussaint (1812–1886). On the back he wrote: ‘a memento of H.C. Andersen’. Mart van Duijn • 07-11-2014
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters · Asian Special Collections A Piano on Java Pen drawings in a manuscript copy of the story 'Sarina. A Javanese woman' show a piano. But what is a piano doing on Java? Mart van Duijn • 21-09-2014
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters Book burning in Louvain, 1914 Louvain was destroyed by German troops at the end of August. More than 200 civilians were shot, and a thousand manuscripts, eight hundred incunables and 300,000 books went up in flames. André Bouwman • 29-08-2014
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters Liquidation of a ‘Reading Museum’ in Leiden A recently discovered circular letter from 1826, sent by the Leiden professor of Theology Johannes Clarisse to the ‘gentlemen members of the now extinct ‘Reading Museum’ at Leiden, testifies to the end of one of the city’s first reading societies. Mart van Duijn • 05-08-2014
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters The world’s oldest share certificates The world's oldest share dated 27 August 1604 at Leiden University Libraries Guest author • 19-06-2014
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters An Englishman in Holland Recollections of a few days spent in Holland in 1826. Guest author • 03-06-2014
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters Love Lessons from a Dutch Civil Servant Dirc Potter treats the dos and don’ts of love in a didactic poem of 11,000 verses. The theory is illustrated with some sixty examples: love histories taken from the Bible and the work of the Latin poet Ovid. André Bouwman • 01-04-2014
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters Spiritual Contemplations at Leiden How to attain a truly perfect life Guest author • 31-12-2013
