Louvain Collection

Council Room, Town Hall, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium
View inside the Council Room of the gothic Town Hall, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1910

Louvain Cathedral in ruins, WW1

Louvain Cathedral, belgium, during WW1

Adelicia of Louvain and the Empress Matilda, daughter of Henry I, alarmed at the approach of Henry's nephew, Stephen of Blois (later King Stephen). Date: 12th century

Chapel in St. Peter's Church, Louvain
This painting shows an interior view of the chapel in St. Peter's Church of Leuven, Belgium. Tombs of Duke Henry I of Brabant with his wife Matilda

Belgain Internal circulation Postcard
The card carries extra printed strips at each end that give instructions in French and Flemish about where the card can be used. It was posted in Louvain on 5 June 1874 Date: circa 1870

Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, WW1
Cartoon, The Head of the German Vam-Pire, with a caricature of Kaiser Wilhelm II with the words Louvain and Rheims (Reims) on his shoulders

VILLAGERS MURDERED
In a village near Louvain, Belgium, the Germans set fire to homes, ordering the inhabitants to stay inside ; those that try to flee are shot. Date: 1915

Donckelaers Japan camellia, Camellia japonica var. donckelaeri. Donckelaer was head gardener at the Botanic Garden of Louvain (Leuven, Belgium). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by S

The College of Pope Adrian VI (1459 - 1523) at Louvain, Belgium. Date: 16th century

Planispheric astrolabe. 1569. Manufactured in golden brass by Gualterus Arsenius, disciple of the dutch astronomer Regnier Gemma Frisius (1508-1555). Metals. FRANCE. Ό E-DE-FRANCE. Paris

Hendrik Van Cuyck
HENDRIK VAN CUYCK Flemish churchman, bishop, Dean of S. Pierre at Louvain. Date: 1546 - 1609

Hall of the University, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium
View of a staircase inside a Hall of the University, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, dating back to the 14th century. Date: circa 1910

View of the Town Hall, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium
View of the ornate, gothic Town Hall, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, dating back to the 15th century. Date: circa 1910

Church of St Michel, Louvain (Leuven), Belgium
Facade of the Church of St Michel (St Michael), Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, dating back to the 17th century. Date: circa 1910

Ornate doorway, Church of St Pierre, Louvain, Belgium
Ornately carved doorway in the Church of St Pierre (St Peter), Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, dating back to the 16th century. Date: circa 1910

WW1 - Belgian Cavalry in action
WW1 - Recalling the Balaclava Charge, the Belgian Cavalry ride out to attack. The force were covering the Belgian retreat to Louvain. Germans opened fire upon them with machine guns

Plum cultivars: Belle de Louvain and Boulouf, Prunus domestica.. Drawn by Miss E. Regel, chromolithographed by Stroobant, Ghent, from The Florist and Pomologist Robert Hogg, London

The library at Louvain ruined during WW1
The library at Louvain in Belgium, as it was with a smaller, inset photograph, showing how it looked after German bombardment In 1914

Louvain Cathedral by W. L. Bruckman
Saint Peters Church (Sint-Pieterskerk), Louvain (Leuven), Belgium. Willem Leendert Bruckman, Dutch artist, 1866- 1928. Date: 1914

Louvain population driven out
Some of the population of the Belgian town of Louvain (Leuven) are driven out by German soldiers to a place outside the town

Cartoon, The Glad Hand, WW1
Cartoon, The Glad Hand -- Brother Jonathan (representing the USA) tells Kaiser Wilhelm to wash his hand first, before shaking it

Town Hall at Louvain, Belgium, WW1
The Town Hall at Louvain, Belgium, with an inset of Kaiser Wilhelm II at the start of the First World War. The caption suggests that the building, in Brabantine late gothic style

Thomas Stapleton
THOMAS SPALETON Controversial catholic churchman, professor of theology at Louvain Date: 1535 - 1598

Martin Quempen
MARTIN DUNCAN QUEMPEN Flemish theologian from Louvain Date: 1505 - 1590

Constantine L empereur
CONSTANTINE L EMPEREUR Dutch scholar of oriental languages at Louvain. Date: 1570 - 1648

Jacob Latomus
JACOB LATOMUS (or Jacques Masson) Catholic theologian at Louvain, opponent of Luther. Date: 1475 - 1544

Johann Fr Gronovius
JOHANN FRIEDRICH GRONOVIUS German/Dutch churchman, scholar and librarian at Hamburg and Louvain. Date: 1611 - 1671

Bruxelles (Brussels), Belgium - Porte de Louvain. The original gate (Porte) was demolished in 1784. Date: circa 1910s

BELGIUM. Louvain. Statue of Erasmus of Rotterdam in Mechelsstraat. Sculpture

Adelais of Louvain
ADELAIS OF LOUVAIN Wife of Henry I, King of England (reigned 1100-35)

General view, Louvain, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

St. Gertrude Church, Louvain, Belgium. Date between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900

Leuven, Belgium - The Town Hall
The Town Hall at Leuven, Belgium. The building remained standing amid the devastation of Leuven during World War I. Built in the Brabantine Late Gothic Style. Date: circa 1909

Pope Adrian VI College, Louvain, Belgium. Date: 1930s

Belgian artillery leaving Tirlemont, Belgium, WW1
Belgian artillery leaving Tirlemont in the direction of Louvain (Leuven), Belgium, at the start of the First World War. Date: August 1914

Belgian retreat to Antwerp, WW1
Scene during the Belgian armys retreat to Antwerp soon after the start of the First World War. Cavalry are seen here retreating from Louvain (Leuven). Date: 20 August 1914

The Hotel de Ville, Louvain
An Oasis in a Desert of Devestation: The Hoteld de Ville, almost untouched amid the ruins of Louvain. With the church of St

Battle at Louvain
At Louvain, the Norsemen are defeated by Arnolf von Karinthen (Carinthia)

Louvains town hall saved
Illustration showing crowds of German officers looting the Belgian town of Louvain during World War I. The city was devastated by the German invasion in September 1914

Street Fighting 1830
Corpses lie strewn over the rue de Louvain, Paris, as government forces engage with insurgents

Adolf Van Voorst
ADOLF VAN VOORST (known as Vorstius) Dutch physician and botanist, professor at Louvain. [Do not confuse with his contemporary Aelius Everard v V.]

Wwi / 1914 / Louvain Sacked
A French view of the German capture and sacking of the Belgian town of Louvain

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