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Conservator Adrie van der Laan over het Boek van Brecht (v.a. 35:25)

Recently, Groningen University Library was gifted a fifteenth-century manuscript, a book of hours. At the time of its creation, books of hours were incredibly popular in the Low Countries for use in private worship. People believed that reading the prayers in the book (out loud) at set times helped one to be a good Christian. One of these people was Brecht, the first owner of this book of hours. Her book has a remarkable history and connection with Groningen.

A new exhibition, "Beyond the Map". Descriptions of the non-European World in Joan Blaeu’s Atlas Maior”.

Portraits of librarians in the hallway of the library.