Want to learn about the materiality of rare books and our method for describing them? We have a workshop for you (in Dutch)! Join us from 11 to 14 June in Leuven KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections. More information and registration: bit.ly/43qgAhI
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Find yourself someone who looks at you the way this lion looks at Saint Jerome 😍

Copy of KBR INC A 1.450 (RP)
bit.ly/STCV12928225
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If the rubrication and the provenance mark are equally red, did Egbertsdochter own AND rubricate her books? 🤩
In any case: #herbook , twice, as there is a second inscription!
Copy of KB The Hague: KW 168 G 35 [4]

In case you missed it: during her internship bokeulen selected some of the finest 15th-c. woodcuts, each with a story. In need of a break featuring a cleanliness-obsessed panther or a lovely garden? Dive into our online exhibition bit.ly/wildenwoudinho…!
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The Miraeus Lectures continue to include incunabula. Renaud Adam will tell us all about censorship and biblioclasm in the 15th & 16th centuries. Join us in Hendrik Conscience Heritage Library on 13 December. Registration is open!

Info & registration: bit.ly/47Bqgaz
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