Old Soldiers Never Die… The Friends of Leiden University Libraries contribute to the acquisition of a late Ottoman luxury manuscript Arnoud Vrolijk • March 14, 2023
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
Mundus Inversus in a Chained Library During the years that Leiden University maintained a chained library (1595-1653) the books were placed on the shelves upside-down. Read here why. André Bouwman • August 15, 2018
Shrunken pages A manuscript written partly on paper and partly on parchment suffered heavily from water damage. The effect is remarkable: it caused severe shrinkage of the parchment leaves only. Karin Scheper • March 08, 2018
A Persian Quran for Public Worship Qurans do not often come in this size. This seventeenth-century copy is even more special because of its Persian translation. Arnoud Vrolijk • September 05, 2017
A Piano on Java Pen drawings in a manuscript copy of the story 'Sarina. A Javanese woman' show a piano. But what is a piano doing on Java? Mart van Duijn • September 21, 2014
Short Notes and Scribbles in Malay Manuscripts Seemingly insignificant scribbles such as notes or writing exercises in the margins or on the flyleaves of manuscripts, may reveal information that is not found elsewhere. Guest author • September 10, 2013
Quintilian’s Institutio oratoria: classical public relations Eloquence and speaking with facility need to be acquired by study and hard work. Jef Schaeps • April 27, 2012
The Quran explained to Turkish readers Old Anatolian Turkish translation from the 16th century as a source for linguistic research. Arnoud Vrolijk • April 04, 2011
