Observations about the Katwijk dialect from 1879 Bolland recognized the relationship between the Katwijk dialect and Old English. Guest author • July 26, 2017
100 years De Stijl This post launches the Leiden Special Collections Blog. This blog is a continuation of our snap shot mailing list. Hope you enjoy our new service. Kasper van Ommen • July 11, 2017
Toxicological research pro Justitia Newly found reports on the case of the historically infamous Leiden poisoner known as Goeie Mie. Guest author • April 25, 2017
A French Psalm-Book Printed at Leiden in 1602 Recently acquired: unique copy of a psalter. Guest author • February 14, 2017
The canon of the Netherlands as a Game of goose It must have been a passionate Dutchman who had the idea of shaping the history of the Netherlands like a Goose game. Anton van der Lem • January 22, 2017
A Leiden Utopia in Leuven The edition of Thomas More's Utopia printed in Hoorn 1630 aimed at protestant readers; ‘catholic’ elements were weakened or removed. Guest author • December 08, 2016
A Quarrel between the Mayors of Amsterdam and the Nuns of St Mary Magdalen ‘or we shall destroy your vaulted ditch under the street’. Guest author • November 06, 2016
Aristocratic and noble: stadtholder Frederik Hendrik Aristocratic noble face; intellectual eye and eyebrow; sensible and wise are his forehead and nose, but even more sensible and wise is his mouth. Jef Schaeps • November 02, 2016
