Pompa Introitus by Peter Paul Rubens, Caspar Gevartius and Theodoor van Thulden Rubens was contracted to design a series of triumphal arches that were to adorn the city of Antwerp in May 1635. Van Thulden was chosen to engrave the designs for a publication. Jef Schaeps • November 05, 2009
The oldest printed curriculum of Leiden University (1592) The aim of this lectures timetable was to discourage the absence of professors and students and to make a good impression on the world with the Leiden scholarship. Guest author • March 24, 2009
Two men of science ‘meet’ The scholar Josephus Justus Scaliger was greatly admired for his astronomical knowledge. In 1598 the Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe sent him a manuscript with his own portrait and ample praise. Kasper van Ommen • January 20, 2009
