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
Middle Eastern Special Collections Noah's Ark in a Christian Arabic Manuscript The story of Noah's Ark from the Bible is retold in this Arabic manuscript from the early nineteenth century Arnoud Vrolijk • 23-11-2012
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
Manuscripts, Archives and Letters A two century-old eye-witness account from Katwijk 'Katwijk fishery-, mariner- and other words and locutions'. Guest author • 26-10-2012
