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Illuminated manuscripts
This database enables you to search both the KB and the Meermanno Museum collection of medieval illuminated manuscripts.
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MMDC
The website Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections contains descriptions of manuscripts up to 1550 in Dutch institutes.
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STCN
De Short-Title Catalogue, Netherlands (STCN) is the Dutch bibliography of books printed between 1540-1800.
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Bibliopolis
This scientific, interactive data system gives an outline of the history of printed books in the Netherlands.
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Early Dutch Books Online
Access to over two million pages from 10.000 books published in the Netherlands and Flanders from 1781-1800.
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Early European Books
Digitised publications from the KB-collection from 1475 - 1700, printed in Europe.
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Pamphlet collection
The Early Modern Pamphlets Online (TEMPO) covers the KB collection of pamphlets from the 15th up to the 19th century. Accessible only to KB pass holders.
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Book History Online
This international file conveys information on the history of the printed book and libraries. Edited by the KB.
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Watermarks
Watermarks in Incunabula printed in the Low Countries 1460-1500.
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KB special collections
The Digital Library gives access to a number of databases in the field of book sciences. Search using only the ticked option, as indicated in the adjoining example.
External resources
The following resources are relevant as well:
- Heritage of the Printed Book - works up to 1800 in European libraries (accessible only to KB pass holders)
- Short Title Catalogus Vlaanderen - an on-line-bibliography of books printed in Flanders in the seventeenth century
- English Short Title Catalogue - printed works up to 1800
- Incunabula Short Title Catalogue - worldwide catalogue of the printed book between 1455 and 1500