Modern manuscripts
You will find an overview of modern manuscripts from the Special Collections of Utrecht University Library on this page.
'Dagboek van mijn verblijf in Duitsland' by Jan Ackersdijck Jan Ackersdijck was an avid traveler, and he kept a diary of all his journeys. This is the diary about his journey to Germany, where he met Hegel.
The description of England by Abraham Booth A seventeenth-century travel guide: the description of England by Abraham Booth.
'Epitheta' by Anthoni Smyters An interleaved copy of Epitheta, a work from 1620 by Anthoni Smyters, with additions and notes from Pieter Poeraet.
'Instructie of onderwijsinghe der Hindoustanse en Persiaanse taalen' by Ketelaar The earliest Hindustani grammar
Journael van ’t gepasseerde op mijne reijse in Engelant by Abraham Booth A Booth abroad: the travel journals of Abraham Booth.
'Overzicht der gebouwen van de Rijks Universiteit te Utrecht in 1936' In 1936 a special handwritten book was published to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the university. It offered an overview of the university buildings.
Anonymous Utrecht jotter An anonymous 17th-century jotter about sex, politics and religion in seventeenth-century Utrecht.
Camphuysen manuscript About the Camphuysen manuscript; a music manuscript from the second half of the seventeenth century.
Codex Lerma A musical treasure (manuscript), written in Spain around 1600 with scrawls.
Hoekendijk's journals The journals of a missionary theologian in wartime.
Letter by J. Bleuland (1756-1838) to G. de Sénéca About a letter from Jan Bleuland, famous physician and rector of Utrecht University, to the Officer of the Royal Household of king Louis Napoleon.
