Four views on Leiden Jos Agasi's visualisation of the characteristic shape of the Leiden city centre gave surprising results. Martijn Storms • April 07, 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 Jerusalem Talmud: a gem from the Leiden Hebrew collections The Talmud is the great repository of the Jewish rabbinic tradition. The only surviving manuscripts that Daniel Bomberg used for the editio princeps (Venice 1523-1524) are kept in Leiden. Arnoud Vrolijk • February 26, 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
The Night by Heinrich Aldegrever This woman wants to seduce us, the viewers. Jef Schaeps • February 15, 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
André du Ryer, L’Alcoran de Mahomet (Amsterdam, 1734) The less neurotic approach to Islam in the Age of Enlightenment is reflected in the title page illustration of Du Ryer's Quran translation published by Pierre Mortier. Arnoud Vrolijk • January 13, 2010
