Two angels by Taddeo Zuccaro In the year 1529 the medieval church San Marcello al Corso in Rome burnt down to the ground. Nothing but a crucifix could be saved from its ashes. Jef Schaeps • May 11, 2012
Love and kinship bound together Book of friends with written contributions by Adolphus Vorstius, Scaliger, Erpenius and Heinsius + illustrations by Abraham Bloemaert and Paulus Moreelse. Guest author • February 16, 2012
Praise of Folly Erasmus wrote one of the most famous books in world literature, Moriae encomium or Praise of Folly. Jef Schaeps • January 28, 2011
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
Dante’s Inferno: the three-headed monster Lucifer In hell, ruling the gloomy world of the doomed, Lucifer is situated at the centre of the crust of ice where the worst of sinners are being punished. The devil's genitals constitute the exact Centrum Mundi. Anton van der Lem • August 20, 2010
Give me your hand Palm reading or chiromancy has a long history: it was practised in ancient India and was in use among the ancient Greeks. Johannes Praetorius from Zetlingen, Germany, compiled several publications on the subject. Kasper van Ommen • March 26, 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 Night by Heinrich Aldegrever This woman wants to seduce us, the viewers. Jef Schaeps • February 15, 2010
Minerva by Hendrick Goltzius The artist has created his goddess solely with a brush, sometimes suggesting forms and outlines with the tip of the brush, sometimes applying heavy, graphic washings. Jef Schaeps • November 27, 2009
