Manuscripts, Archives and Letters A Frisket Sheet for Printing Text in Red Ink A beautiful parchment manuscript was cut up and used for its strength, twice. Guest author • 14-11-2017
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters · Exhibitions Arthurian Hero Meets Cistercian Monks in Bonn Installing the Wigalois manuscript in the Rheinisches Museum. A courier reports. André Bouwman • 07-11-2017
Early Printed and Rare Books Before and after Luther 31 October 1517 Martin Luther nailed his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. It marks the symbolical beginning of the Protestant Reformation. His translation made the Bible available for the general public. Mart van Duijn • 31-10-2017
Exhibitions · Photography Urban Jungle: Megacities in Asia The world's largest cities and acclaimed photographer Martin Roemers Maartje van den Heuvel + 1 other • 02-10-2017
Middle Eastern Special Collections A Turkish Phrasebook for the Crimean War During the Crimean War, British servicemen were in urgent need of a Turkish phrasebook when haggling over the price of a rug. Arnoud Vrolijk • 26-09-2017
Middle Eastern Special Collections A Persian Quran for Public Worship Qurans do not often come in this size. This seventeenth-century copy is even more special because of its Persian translation. Arnoud Vrolijk • 05-09-2017