What a cool object, story and research! Well done!
Sure, de Groot family could have the same oil lamp as van Gogh/Schafrath, but de Groot family were very poor farmers and this lamp looks a bit too...
Sure I have thought about it, but it is likely that van Gogh made sketches at the De Groot family and painted in his workshop. Here are some...
In 2015 I was invited to metal detect two gardens in the Dutch town of Nuenen. Normally not very exiting, but these gardens were in the 1880's...
I found a similar book that is a bit older (1889) and in a better state for about 22 $....
Yes that is surely possible, the binding is 18th century and parts of the text are cut off while rebinding it. So the writing must have been added...
I have followed a course paleography last year, but that was so called Middle Dutch medieval writing. I guess my brain is just too small to digest...
In one of my older books an English text is written that I find quite hard to decipher. The book itself is a copy of Cicero's Rhetoric, printed by...
I really like this owner marks, although I always struggle with old German hand writing. Do i read Lauterbrunnen (Switzerland)? Years ago I...
I am not sure how to answer your question. What is good for you? Interesting? Valuable? It is an exhibition catalog of the Cathedral of Antwerp.
And the translation, although both English and German are not my mother language: SONGS OF JOY A collection of 4-voiced songs Mixed choir, for...
I found 2 copies in libraries:...
This castle was demolished already around 1650 unfortunately...
You are 100% right. :)
Thanks! If i look at their site they use Agisoft Photoscan. With this software you can make 3d models out of a series of photograph's. In my first...
I am lazy as well hahaha: https://cool.culturalheritage.org/don/dt/dt0366.html Yes, this still remains from times that manuscripts were written...
Yes, I fully agree, but I will not returning back into archaeology in my town again.(although some organisations were trying to contact me). I...
Sure, although metal and black objects are very hard to scan with my scanner.
Paper before the industrial revolution was made by hand out of rags instead of wood pulp in modern paper. That made the paper much more durable....
Thank you for your compliment :). To be honest, an animation like this is quite easy to make when you know the software. It took me about 30...
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