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  • The Treasury
    • Manuscripts from the Treasury
      • 'Pontifical' of Saint Mary
      • Augustine's 'De Civitate Dei'
      • Cunliffe Book of Hours
      • The Utrecht Psalter
      • Zwolle Bible
    • Early and rare prints from the Treasury
      • 'Humani Corporis' by Vesalius
      • 'Liber chronicarum' by Schedel
      • 'Metamorphosis' by Merian
      • 'Natuurlyke historie' by Renard
      • 'Principia' by Newton
    • Maps and atlases from the Treasury
      • 'Atlas maior' by Blaeu
      • 'Spieghel der zeevaerdt' by Waghenaer
      • 'Zee-atlas ofte waterwereld' by Goos
      • Buginese nautical chart
      • Portolan map of Europe by Blaeu
    • Private collections from the Treasury
      • Ackersdijck collection
      • Buchelius collection
      • Van Buchell collection
      • Geyl collection
      • Moll collection
  • Collections
    • Manuscripts
      • Buchelius & Booth
        • 'Adversaria' by Aernout van Buchell
        • 'Brieven aan Aernout van Buchell' by Wouter van Gouthoeven
        • 'Catalogue of the manuscripts of Aernout van Buchell' by Cornelis Booth
        • 'Diarium' by Aernout van Buchell
        • 'Observationes & Ecclesiastica' by Aernout van Buchell
      • Medieval medical manuscripts
        • 'Cyrurgie' by Guy de Chauliac
        • 'De Urinis' by Isaac Israeli ben Solomon
        • 'Liber Canonis Medicinae' by Avicenna
        • 'Lilium medicinae' by Bernard de Gordon
        • 'Passionarius' by Gariopontus
        • 'Sermo de membris genitalibus' van Niccolò Falcucci
        • 'Synonyma medicinae, abbreviata per Mundinum' by Simon Ianuensis
        • Medical collection, Galenus etc.
        • Medical convolute by Hippocrates etc.
        • Medical prescriptions
        • Medical recipes and texts
        • Medical-Astrological Convolute
        • Super libro IX Almansoris, en andere medische teksten
      • Modern manuscripts
        • 'Bellum Catilinae' by Sallust
        • 'Dagboek van mijn verblijf in Duitsland' by Jan Ackersdijck
        • 'Epitheta' by Anthoni Smyters
        • 'Instructie of onderwijsinghe der Hindoustanse en Persiaanse taalen' by Ketelaar
        • 'Overzicht der gebouwen van de Rijks Universiteit te Utrecht in 1936'
        • Anonymous Utrecht jotter (fragments)
        • Camphuysen manuscript
        • Codex Boreelianus
        • Codex Lerma
        • Journael van ’t gepasseerde op mijne reijse in Engelant by Abraham Booth
        • The description of England by Abraham Booth
      • Other medieval manuscripts
        • 'De divinis moribus' & 'De beatitudine'
        • 'Inscriptiones Urbis Romae Latinae'
        • 'Profectus religiosorum'
        • 'Rosarium Jesu et Mariae' by Jacobus van Gruitrode
        • 'Sacramentary' (fragment)
        • Antiphonary St. Pauls Abbey (fragments)
        • Book of hours and book of prayers ca 1430
        • Collectarius Mariakerk
        • Collection of Coptic Manuscripts
        • Egmond Brevier (page)
        • Martinellum
        • Martyrologium cisterciense (fragments)
        • Middle Dutch Book of Hours
        • Moralia in Job by Gregorius Magnus
        • St. Mary's church bible
        • The Weesp missal
    • Early printed books
      • Geographical descriptions
        • 'Beschryvinge der stadt Utrecht' van Cornelis Booth
        • 'De stad Utrecht' by Wap
        • 'Itinerario' by Jan Huygen van Linschoten
      • History works
        • 'Fasciculus temporum' by Werner Rolevinck
        • 'Gysbrecht van Aemstel' by Joost van den Vondel
        • 'Romanorvm viæ militares' by Miraeus
      • Popular printed material
        • 'De cleynen herbarius' by Heyman Jacobs
        • 'De recensent voor vrouwen'
        • 'Den Nieuwen Herbarius' 1545 (annotated)
        • 'Den Nieuwen Herbarius' 1545
        • 'Den groten herbarius'
        • 'Freeska Landriucht'
        • 'Sinnepoppen' by Willem Jansz. Blaeu
      • Scientific works
        • 'Chyromantia' by Johannes Indagine
        • Criminal law reform
        • 'Das triumphirende perpetuum mobile Orffyreanum' by Johann Bessler
        • 'Den Blom-hof' by Crispijn van den Passe
        • Dodo's Clusius and Van de Venne
        • 'Expositiones' by Giovanni Matteo Ferrari
        • 'Handleiding tot de inlandsche schaaps-teelt' by Alexander Numan
        • 'Pomologia' by Johann Hermann Knoop
      • Theological works
        • 'De divinis moribus & De beatitudine'
        • 'Die legende ende dat leven van sinte Franciscus'
        • Heidelberg Catechism 1563
        • 'Historia scholastica' by Petrus Comestor
        • 'Mahomets Alkoran' by André du Ryer
    • Maps and atlases
      • Town plans
        • Italian town atlases by Blaeu
        • Plan and profile of Utrecht by Adam van Vianen
        • Plan for improving the fortification of Philippine
        • Plan of Utrecht by Specht
        • 'Toonneel der steden' by Joan Blaeu
        • Town atlas by Braun & Hogenberg
      • Regional maps
        • A recycled Dutch East India Company chart
        • 'Caarte vanden Slaperdijk' by Van Broekhuysen
        • Fortification map of Bergen op Zoom and surroundings
        • Map of the river Merwede by Cruquius
        • Map of the southwestern Pacific signed by Tasman
        • Map of the water control board Zeeburg- and Diemerdijk by Jan Wandelaar
        • VOC-chart of the Atlantic Ocean by Isaak de Graaf
      • World maps and atlases
        • The 'Atlas' by Mercator and Hondius
        • The world according to De Bosatlas between 1877 and 1939
        • The world atlas by Ortelius
        • 'Thresoor der zeevaert' by Waghenaer
        • World map Gastaldi by Gerard de Jode
        • World map Mercator by Lafreri
      • Miscellaneous
        • 'Carte de la lune' by Cassini
        • Discover the old maps of the Netherlands
        • The map catalogue of Beekman
    • Private collections
    • Digital exhibitions of special material
      • Utrecht incunabula
        • Utrecht incunabula and the history of book printing in Utrecht (circa 1466-1800)
      • Maps of Holland and Utrecht
        • Explanation of the digital exhibition 'Maps of Holland and Utrecht'
      • 400 years of the telescope
        • Explanation of the digital exhibition '400 years of the telescope'
      • Toonneel des Aerdrijcx
      • Water management maps (1600-1825)
        • Explanation of the exhibition 'Water management maps (1600-1825)'
      • Fortress Europe: sieges and fortifications on the map
        • Explanation of the digital exhibition 'Fortress Europe'
      • 100 thematic maps
        • Explanation of the digital exhibition '100 thematic maps'
      • Maps with a message: missionary cartography ca. 1850-1950
        • Explanation of the digital exhibition 'Maps with a message: missionary cartography ca. 1850-1950'
        • World maps
          • 'The Protestant missionary map of the world', 1846
          • 'De wereld', by T.M. Looman, 1850
          • 'Wereldkaart der christelijke zendingsposten', 1851
          • 'Godsdienst en Zendingskaart voor de nieuwe tijd', 1854
          • 'Zendingkaart der Evangelische Broedergemeente', ca. 1868
          • ‘Distribution of protestant mission stations [...]’ en ‘World – languages of commerce, means of traffic &c.’. In: 'World Missionary Atlas', 1925
        • Colonial maps
          • 'Chart of part of the Feejee islands [...]', 1799
          • 'Chart of New Zealand from original surveys', 1851
          • 'Kaart der Nederl. bezittingen op het eiland Nieuw-Guinea ten dienste der Utrechtsche Zending', 1863
          • 'Das Capland [...]'. In: 'Allgemeiner Missions-Atlas', 1867
          • 'Kaart van het eiland Bali ten dienste der Utrechtsche Zending', ca. 1875
          • West-Java, [1881]
          • 'Zendingskaart van Oost- en West-Indië', 1891
          • 'Ost-Afrika mit Anschluss des Südlichen Central-Afrika'. In: 'Neuer Missions-Atlas', 1896
          • ‘West Africa’. In: 'World Missionary Atlas', 1925
          • 'Zendingskaart van Nederlands Oost-Indie en Suriname', 1930
          • ‘Poerworedjo’, in: 'Atlas van de zendingsterreinen [...]', 1932
          • 'Talenkaart van Ned. Oost-Indië, met de taalgebieden der uitgaven van het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap', 1936
          • 'Molukken [...]', in: 'Atlas van de terreinen der Protestantsche zending', 1937
          • 'Overzichtskaart van de zendingsterreinen in Ned. Oost-Indië', 1939
          • 'Congo belge : carte des missions protestantes', 1946
          • 'Overzichtskaart van het Zendings- en Kerkewerk der Evangelische Broedergemeente (Hernhutters) in Suriname', 1960
        • Exploration maps
          • 'Chart of part of the Feejee islands [...]', 1799
          • 'Chart of New Zealand from original surveys', 1851
        • Atlas maps
          • ‘Asia’ and ‘North America’ in 'An atlas [...] designed to show the stations of the protestant missionaries', 1839
          • 'Die Missionen in die Türkei'. In: 'Allgemeiner Missions-Atlas', 1867
          • 'Das Capland [...]'. In: 'Allgemeiner Missions-Atlas', 1867
          • 'Ost-Afrika mit Anschluss des Südlichen Central-Afrika'. In: 'Neuer Missions-Atlas', 1896
          • 'Australien und die inseln im Stillen Ocean’, 1905
          • ‘Distribution of protestant mission stations [...]’ en ‘World – languages of commerce, means of traffic &c.’. In: 'World Missionary Atlas', 1925
          • ‘West Africa’. In: 'World Missionary Atlas', 1925
          • ‘Poerworedjo’, in: 'Atlas van de zendingsterreinen [...]', 1932
          • ‘Kansu-Tibetan Border, showing stations of the Christian and Missionary Alliance’. In: 'Missionary Atlas', 1936
          • 'Overzichtskaart van de zendingsterreinen in Ned. Oost-Indië', 1939
          • ‘Kansu-Tibetan border’. In: 'Missionary Atlas', 1950
        • Educational maps
          • 'De wereld', by T.M. Looman, 1850
          • 'Zendingskaart van Oost- en West-Indië', 1891
          • 'Zendingskaart van Nederlands Oost-Indie en Suriname', 1930
        • Thematic maps
          • ‘Distribution of protestant mission stations [...]’ en ‘World – languages of commerce, means of traffic &c.’., 1925
          • 'Talenkaart van Ned. Oost-Indië, met de taalgebieden der uitgaven van het Nederlandsch Bijbelgenootschap', 1936
      • Bos atlases: mapping the world (1877-1939)
        • Explanation of the digital exhibition 'Bos atlases: mapping the world (1877-1939)'
        • Edition 1, 1877/78: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 2, 1879: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 3, 1881: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 4, 1882: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 5, 1883: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 6, 1884: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 7, 1885: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 8, 1887: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 9, 1890: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 10, 1891: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 11, 1893: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 12, 1896: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 13, 1897: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 14, 1899: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 15, 1902: Pieter Roelf Bos, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 16, 1904: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 17, 1906: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 18, 1908: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 19, 1910: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 20a, 1912: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 20b, [1913]: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 21, 1914: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 22, 1915: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 23, 1916: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 24, 1918: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 25, 1919: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 26, 1921: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 27, 1922: Jan Frederik Niermeyer, 'Bos’ Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 28, 1923: Berend Albertus Kwast, 'Bos-Niermeyer Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 29, 1924: Berend Albertus Kwast, 'Bos-Niermeyer Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 30, 1925: Berend Albertus Kwast, 'Bos-Niermeyer Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 31, 1927: Berend Albertus Kwast, 'Bos-Niermeyer Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 32, 1929: Berend Albertus Kwast, 'Bos-Niermeyer Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 33, 1932: Berend Albertus Kwast, 'Bos-Niermeyer Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 34, 1934: Berend Albertus Kwast, 'Bos-Niermeyer Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 35, 1936: Berend Albertus Kwast en Pieter Eibergen, 'Bos-Niermeyer Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
        • Edition 36, 1939: Pieter Eibergen, 'Bos-Niermeyer Schoolatlas der geheele aarde'
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  • 'Beschryvinge der stadt Utrecht' by Cornelis Booth Wandering the streets of Utrecht around 1650
  • 'De stad Utrecht' by Wap The Utrecht monuments through the eyes of an ‘impostor’
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