Der naturen bloeme

Detail of folium 19r
Shelfmark: KA 16.

Jacob van Maerlant's Der naturen bloeme ('The flower of nature') might be called a medieval encyclopaedia. The KB owns a beautiful manuscript of this enumeration of peoples, animals, plants and minerals with countless illustrations. Read more

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