Dies natalis

Prints, Drawings and Portraits · Manuscripts, Archives and Letters

The Augustan rector

There must have been some chuckling when guests at the rector's dinner on the 8th of February 1940 opened their menus. On the inside the rector magnificus was depicted as a small putto next to Augustus of Prima Porta. Was it meant as a witty conversation starter, or was there a deeper meaning?

Hitting the streets at the Dies Natalis

The rijjool as part of the Dies celebrations around 1900

Early Printed and Rare Books

Portraits of Huizinga and the Dies Natalis of Leiden University

The most requested portraits of Huizinga are located in the printed menu of the festive dinner to celebrate the Dies Natalis of Leiden University on February 8, 1933.