KU Leuven Libraries Special Collections
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We take care of KU Leuven Libraries' heritage collections housed in the University Library: rare books, lecture notes and other manuscripts, graphics... We also have a reference collection of more than 65.000 titles on book history.
They base their research on a variety of sources, including material from Special Collections.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
They base their research on a variety of sources, including material from Special Collections.
The aim is to gain a better understanding of how libraries can adapt their information provision and equipment to the actual needs of their users. Participation takes about 10 minutes. You are also wellcome to share this survey.
October 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The aim is to gain a better understanding of how libraries can adapt their information provision and equipment to the actual needs of their users. Participation takes about 10 minutes. You are also wellcome to share this survey.
And in the coming weeks, we expect more history students, and also students of French, Latin and law.
October 30, 2025 at 7:36 AM
And in the coming weeks, we expect more history students, and also students of French, Latin and law.
As a partner in the project, we were delighted that our reading room served as the setting and that our collection was featured. One of our curators even made an appearance! More news about the video and the website will follow after 19 November.
October 28, 2025 at 10:56 AM
As a partner in the project, we were delighted that our reading room served as the setting and that our collection was featured. One of our curators even made an appearance! More news about the video and the website will follow after 19 November.
To consult (for scientific research or for educational purposes) works that are still protected by copyright , you need a KBR account.
October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
To consult (for scientific research or for educational purposes) works that are still protected by copyright , you need a KBR account.
Thanks to OCR technology, you can search through 2,297,112 pages in full text. All documents published up to and including 1918 are freely accessible. This also applies to titles that are still protected by copyright and for which KBR has the express permission of the copyright holders.
October 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanks to OCR technology, you can search through 2,297,112 pages in full text. All documents published up to and including 1918 are freely accessible. This also applies to titles that are still protected by copyright and for which KBR has the express permission of the copyright holders.
Didn't know that. Should pay a visit when I am in Brussels!
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Didn't know that. Should pay a visit when I am in Brussels!
Literature
J. Ockeley, “Primussen van de universiteit van Leuven afkomstig uit Vlaams-Brabant en Brussel (1427-1797)”, ESDB 108/1 (2025), p. 50-62.
E. Reusens (ed.), Documents relatifs à l’histoire de l’université de Louvain (1425-1797), Leuven 1881-1903, vol. III p. 27 en 80 en vol. 4 p. 68.
J. Ockeley, “Primussen van de universiteit van Leuven afkomstig uit Vlaams-Brabant en Brussel (1427-1797)”, ESDB 108/1 (2025), p. 50-62.
E. Reusens (ed.), Documents relatifs à l’histoire de l’université de Louvain (1425-1797), Leuven 1881-1903, vol. III p. 27 en 80 en vol. 4 p. 68.
October 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Literature
J. Ockeley, “Primussen van de universiteit van Leuven afkomstig uit Vlaams-Brabant en Brussel (1427-1797)”, ESDB 108/1 (2025), p. 50-62.
E. Reusens (ed.), Documents relatifs à l’histoire de l’université de Louvain (1425-1797), Leuven 1881-1903, vol. III p. 27 en 80 en vol. 4 p. 68.
J. Ockeley, “Primussen van de universiteit van Leuven afkomstig uit Vlaams-Brabant en Brussel (1427-1797)”, ESDB 108/1 (2025), p. 50-62.
E. Reusens (ed.), Documents relatifs à l’histoire de l’université de Louvain (1425-1797), Leuven 1881-1903, vol. III p. 27 en 80 en vol. 4 p. 68.
The primus song composed for him will sound as an hourly melody on the chimes of the Great Beguinage, Arenberg Castle, Vlierbeek Abbey and Park Abbey's Peace Carillon.
18th-century soundscape Peace Carillon
In honour of 600 years of KU Leuven, the music of the old university has returned to the city's carillons. A short version of the same tune is being played on the half-hour mark on the Peace Carillon at Park Abbey.
www.abdijvanpark.be
October 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The primus song composed for him will sound as an hourly melody on the chimes of the Great Beguinage, Arenberg Castle, Vlierbeek Abbey and Park Abbey's Peace Carillon.
Special Collections preserves a manuscript (ms. 1447) containing mainly French songs, which, according to the text on the book cover, were written by him. They are not the spiritual songs one might expect from a canon, but often texts about love and Burgundian life.
October 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Special Collections preserves a manuscript (ms. 1447) containing mainly French songs, which, according to the text on the book cover, were written by him. They are not the spiritual songs one might expect from a canon, but often texts about love and Burgundian life.
He was also canon at the chapter of Our Lady in Alba Longa in the Holy Spirit College, which was founded in 1606 by Jacobus Bosius. Guilielmus Lion died young, at the age of 25, in 1766. What is not mentioned in the literature is that Guilielmus Lion apparently had a poetic bent.
October 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
He was also canon at the chapter of Our Lady in Alba Longa in the Holy Spirit College, which was founded in 1606 by Jacobus Bosius. Guilielmus Lion died young, at the age of 25, in 1766. What is not mentioned in the literature is that Guilielmus Lion apparently had a poetic bent.