Imagining the past in a royal codex It took four folio volumes to contain an illustrated Miroir historial. A manuscript now kept in Leiden and one in Paris form the first two volumes of such a set, ordered by the French royal family. André Bouwman • November 19, 2010
Facebooker in the sixteenth century: Bonaventura Vulcanius Sixteenth- and seventeenth-century scholars developed their own ways of creating a social network. How did they communicate without modern social media like Facebook, Hyves and LinkedIn? Kasper van Ommen • October 07, 2010
Wigalois, a German Arthurian Hero The remarkable style of the miniatures, perhaps influenced by medieval tapestries, is clearly distinct from the contemporary Arthurian iconography, dominated by Parisian illuminators. André Bouwman • July 09, 2010
Martianus Capella’s De nuptiis: a late antique bestseller in the ninth century The interest in Martianus's text was at a peak in the ninth century. Many copies were made, and the text was enriched with a thick layer of annotations (glosses): notes in tiny letters in the margins and in between the lines. Guest author • May 21, 2010
Exhibition on the 400th anniversary of the invention of the telescope On 25 September 1608 Hans Lipperhey, an optician from Middelburg applied for a patent for a 'certain instrument to see far'. André Bouwman • March 12, 2010
The Historien van Hollant, alias the so-called Goudse kroniekje The manuscript is interesting not only because of interpolations pertaining to the city of Haarlem, but also because it represents an early version of the Historien van Hollant text printed by Gerard Leeu in 1478. Guest author • February 17, 2010
Huizinga and the historical sensation ‘I am too much in it, in history. ‘t Is no science for me, it is life itself’ Anton van der Lem • February 08, 2010
Walewein and the Floating Chessboard Walewein's initial quest for a wondrous floating chessboard can only be completed if he undertakes a second quest (for the Sword with Two Rings) and even a third (for princess Ysabele). André Bouwman • January 29, 2010
The ‘Confession de foy’ of the Walloon churches in the United Provinces of 1580 Drawn up by Guy de Brès this text intended to bring about a unity in the doctrine of faith among the protestants in the Walloon part of the southern provinces Guest author • September 14, 2009
