In Memoriam 1940–1945: Remembering the Victims of the Second World War at Leiden University The unsung victims who disappeared almost without a trace from the University between 1940 and 1945 Guest author • May 04, 2015
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 • April 07, 2015
Blaeu’s Italian Promise The most beautiful, but also least known of Joan Blaeu’s works. Guest author • March 10, 2015
The Raid on the Medway by Rens Krikhaar In 1667 the Dutch fleet took the English by suprise on the river Medway. Jef Schaeps • February 19, 2015
The Library of Menno ter Braak Personal annotations from Menno ter Braak, the Dutch writer who warned against National Socialism. Anton van der Lem • December 31, 2014
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 • November 07, 2014
Route Map for an Imperial Inspection Tour to South China, 1784 No second copies of these maps are known to exist. Guest author • October 24, 2014
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 • September 21, 2014
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 • August 29, 2014
