Lieve Watteeuw is researcher in medieval manuscript production and technical art history. Working at KU Leuven, Book Heritage Lab and Illuminare

Louvain, Belgium
Joined October 2016
📢Exciting news! The @KU_Leuven Charter Project now has its own website! Browse through the digitised charters and read fascinating stories about university life and the conservation of this @UNESCOEU Memory of the World: kuleuven.be/charters/ #Leuven1425 #twitterstorians
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De charters van de Oude Leuvense universiteit zijn volledig gerestaureerd en gedigitaliseerd. Ontdek deze historische collectie op kuleuven.be/charters 🆕 @UCLouvain_be @LabHeritage
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Interesting discovery during conservation research at #VIEW-KU Leuven: Imaging visualize very early original gilded and decorated book edges on the 13th century "Evangéliaire of Oignies" SAN, Namur" ( NBMI & MSMD)#Bookheritagelab
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Today, the breathtaking #charter collection of the Old University of Leuven officially settled into its new repository - beautiful collaboration between conservation (@LabHeritage), archival (@MarcFMNelissen), digitisation specialists (@viewkuleuven)! #leuven1425 #twitterstorians
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Vandaag is de gerestaureerde chartercollectie van het archief van de Oude Leuvense universiteit voorgesteld: de historische, juridische grondvesten van #kuleuven en zusteruniversiteit @UCLouvain_be 📜⬇️ nieuws.kuleuven.be/nl/2021/c…
We have exciting news to share: VIEW has a vacancy for a Postdoctoral Scholarship in international mobility: Research Project on Heritage Science, Documentary Heritage and Digitisation Technologies kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsit… @KU_Leuven #HeritageScience #ImagingScience @viewkuleuven
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Postdoctoral Scholarship: Research Project on Heritage Science and Documentary Heritage kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsit…
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Announcement VIEW: Two day workshop with the Portable Light Dome system at KU Leuven (13-14 December 2021). Research and imaging of documentary heritage with the Microdome, a Multi-Spectral Multi-Light Reflectance Imaging method. view.kuleuven.be/workshop
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The digital fingerprint of Pieter Bruegel - stories.kuleuven.cloud/en/st…
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Touched in devotion by the hands of pilgrims and owners for centuries. Interesting stains, dirt and use. Calvary, Evangeliary of Susteren, 11th century
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Always a surprise when opening a 18th century book and discovering a splendid red and gold brocate paper. Library of Thomas Philip Wallrad de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace (1679-1759), Maurits Sabbe Library - KU Leuven
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Lieve Watteeuw @LabHeritage explaining why she is embracing new #digitisation technologies for the preservation of religious heritage #RESILIENCEwebinar @KULTheology #ResearchInsfrastructure #ReligiousStudies
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1914. Destruction of @KU_Leuven university library, an early tragedy of WWI 1940. New WWII-disaster for Leuven university library 2021. Dreadful scenes as @UCT_news Library goes up in flames A century ago, solidarity came our way. Let's make sure that solidarity now goes to UCT
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The Royal Library of Brussel has a history that goes back some 600 years. During the reign of Philip the Good (1396-1467), the library had one of the finest collection of manuscripts in Europe. And now you can explore this fine collection and much more. kbr.be/en/treasure/
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The makings of manuscripts: more than what’s written on the page blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk…
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We have a vacancy at KU Leuven for a part-time (80%) academic position in Digital Humanities: kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsit… @artskuleuven @Europeanaeu @PhotoConsortium
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Fine bas-de-page drawing in the Breviary of the Abbey of St Adrian in Geraardsbergen, anno 1450. #Maredsous #KULeuven #kikirpa. Great project - publication almost finished.
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