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The “Rijmbijbel” of Jacob van Maerlant
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!
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The manuscript of Johannes de Altre: a varied collection of knowledge
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
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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Events
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SpeakEasy speaks Royal Library!
10.06.2023 @ 13:30 - 16:30Poetry collective SpeakEasy Spoken Word BXL takes inspiration from the “Rijmbijbel” and takes you on a multilingual “Promenade Poetik” at the KBR museum.
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Open workshop: Get started with the “Rijmbijbel”
11.06.2023 @ 14:00 - 16:30Be inspired by the “Rijmbijbel” and get to work in an open workshop where you paint like a medieval miniaturist.
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Workshop: Inside the lab of the miniaturist
01.07.2023 @ 11:00 - 16:00In this workshop at the KBR museum, you will discover how medieval artists transformed plants into colours which they used to paint miniatures.
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Projects
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DIGIT 04
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Magister dixit
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Digitisation of Irish manuscripts
Pages
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Belgium has been hiding a treasure for 600 years
The library of the Dukes of Burgundy is one of the finest manuscript collections of its time.
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Manuscripts
KBR keeps approximately 35,000 manuscripts, including 4,500 medieval codices.
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History of KBR’s manuscript collection
For a significant part, the original core of the manuscript collection comes from the Library of the Dukes […]
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