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The library owns several collections of historical importance, like the Library of the Dukes of Burgundy, and is the depository for all books ever published in Belgium or abroad by Belgian authors. There are four million bound volumes in the Royal Library, including a rare book collection numbering 45,000 works.
Pages in category "Manuscripts in the Royal Library of Belgium" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Library of the Chanchelor of the Prime Ministers' Cabinet [1] Library of the Federal Service of Justice; Brussels; Library of the National Archives [2] Library of the Royal Botanic Society, Meise [3] Openbare Bibliotheek Brugge , the public library of Bruges; Permeke Library, Antwerp; Royal Library of Belgium (KBR), Brussels
Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium 5100-4 17th century Transcripts by Mícheál Ó Cléirigh from a book written by Siodrach Ua Mael Conaire in 1533. [2] Brussels, Royal Library of Belgium 5301-20 after 1643 Paper manuscript. [1] Cambridge, Cambridge University Library: Book of Deer: 9/10th century, with later additions
He was the author of the Gesta episcoporum Leodiensium, a history of the bishops of Liège from 1247 to 1347, the original manuscript of which is now in the Royal Library of Belgium in Brussels. [1] It is one of the major sources for the history of the War of the Cow. A second manuscript survives in the library of Averbode Abbey. [2]
Royal Library, Windsor - the royal library of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom; Danish Royal Library - the national library of Denmark; Royal Library of the Netherlands - the national library of The Netherlands; Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, Royal Library of Belgium, the national library in Brussels; Swedish Royal Library - the national ...
In 1811, together with the mayor of Brussels, he set up an art society that held its first salon on 4 November that year. [1] He was an early supporter of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, proclaimed in 1815, and of Ghent University, founded in 1817. He was elected to the Royal Academy in Brussels on 3 July 1816.
The library of the Central School of Brussels had about 80,000 volumes, which eventually passed into the possession of the City of Brussels and then the Royal Library of Belgium. Similarly, the rich archives of the Old University are now held by the National Archives of Belgium .