Cubicula locanda The signs to rent a room have disappeared from the Leiden streets a few decades ago, but plenty of traces can still be found throughout the Academic Historical Museum: Cubicula locanda! Guest author • December 11, 2019
South Indian Treasures Discovered at Leiden University Libraries Four of the oldest dated manuscripts from South India have been discovered at Leiden University Libraries. Guest author • November 19, 2019
The price of a mounted photograph by Woodbury & Page New information about pricing of tourist photographs uncovered in conservation effort. Guest author and Karin Scheper • September 02, 2019
The Syair Tabut, an overlooked scroll This long overlooked scroll, the Malay language Syair Tabut, is the only eyewitness account of the last Muharram commemorations in Singapore in 1864, a practice still banned to this day. Guest author • August 07, 2019
Following Ganesha’s footsteps through the Leiden Special Collections Follow Ganesha in his many forms through the Asian Special Collections at Leiden University Library. Doris Jedamski • July 17, 2019
Donum I. Ludolfi Two beautifully decorated bindings donated to Leiden University Library and Bibliotheca Thysiana, as a token of friendship to a deceased travel companion. Kasper van Ommen • June 24, 2019
A silk binding from Yemen It’s very rare to come across a binding that seems to be unrelated to any type of binding we know. But it does happen. A cloth binding on a Yemeni manuscript is a case in point. Karin Scheper • June 07, 2019
The cartography of Captain James Cook It must have been quite the sight. On the 3rd of June 1769 – now 250 years ago – Englishmen were on the island of Tahiti looking through high-quality telescopes to watch a rare natural phenomenon: the transit of Venus across the face of the Sun. Guest author • June 02, 2019
The Ricklefs collection at Leiden University Libraries. Some material features. Manuscripts are not only about content. The leather bindings, the kinds of paper, and the ink used may tell us stories without words – material talks. Dr. Dick van der Meij will introduce us to some Javanese manuscripts Guest author • May 13, 2019
