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        • Book History @ KBR
          27.09.2023 @ 13:00 - 17:00

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    Access to information at the heart of development: a selection of e-resources

    Posted on 31 July 202331 July 2023

    Discover a selection of e-resources before the AIFBD Congress.

    Continue reading "Access to information at the heart of development: a selection of e-resources" →

    Introducing a new electronic resource: Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire

    Posted on 5 July 20235 July 2023

    The “Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire” database is now available at KBR. It features more […]

    Continue reading "Introducing a new electronic resource: Histoire des Idées et Critique Littéraire" →

    The “Rijmbijbel” of Jacob van Maerlant

    Posted on 3 May 202312 June 2023

    The luxurious “Rijmbijbel” from Brussels is the oldest known illustrated manuscript in Dutch that has been completely preserved. Meet an international masterpiece from the Middle Ages!

    Continue reading "The “Rijmbijbel” of Jacob van Maerlant" →

    The manuscript of Johannes de Altre: a varied collection of knowledge

    Posted on 4 April 202312 April 2023

    Merel Swemle is studying Dutch language and culture at Leiden University. In this blog post, she takes a closer look at a curious book: the collection manuscript of Johannes de Altre.

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    Livy between manuscript and printed book

    Posted on 9 January 20239 January 2023

    The name Titus Livius (known in English as Livy) is a well-known one today. But how did the work of this Roman historian end up in the Library of the Burgundian Dukes?

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    Unseen: a “black” manuscript at the KBR museum

    Posted on 8 November 202222 November 2022

    Exceptionally admire Margaret of Austria’s “Basses Danses” manuscript on 3 and 4 December.

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    One million pages online in BelgicaPeriodicals

    Posted on 28 October 202230 November 2022

    This month, BelgicaPeriodicals reached a symbolic milestone: more than one million digitised pages of Belgian periodicals […]

    Continue reading "One million pages online in BelgicaPeriodicals" →

    The history of physics at your fingertips

    Posted on 14 September 20225 August 2023

    Physicist Arno Keppens consults rare and first editions from works by Copernicus, Kepler and Newton kept at KBR.

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    A ‘new’ Bruegel richer!

    Posted on 17 August 202224 August 2022

    KBR’s restoration studio has miraculously discovered a ‘new’ Bruegel print.

    Continue reading "A ‘new’ Bruegel richer!" →

    The first Antarctic expedition: tracing the voyage of the Belgica

    Posted on 16 August 202213 December 2022

    125 years ago, on Monday 16 August 1897, the converted Norwegian sealer ship Belgica left the […]

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    From stone or bug to masterpiece

    Posted on 7 June 20228 November 2022

    The creation of an illuminated manuscript sometimes required several years of preparation. Discover how illuminators transformed their pigments into masterpieces on parchment.

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    Toots 100: discover the e-resources about jazz and music

    Posted on 6 May 20228 November 2022

    On the occasion of the 100th birthday of jazz legend Toots Thielemans, we compiled a list of our e-resources on jazz, music and musicology.

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