Preserving Fragile Wisdom
Essays in Honour of Lieve Watteeuw
Edited by W. François Edited by H. Hameeuw Edited by M. Bassens
In this volume, colleagues and friends present 48 essays to Lieve Watteeuw, professor at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies and founder of the Book Heritage Lab at KU Leuven. This Festschrift, dedicated to Lieve on the occasion of her emerita status in 2024, spans a wide range of topics reflecting and celebrating her multifaceted career. For decades, Lieve has been a guiding force in the study and preservation of illuminated manuscripts, books and a variety of exceptional heritage artefacts. From the Codex Eyckensis, the oldest preserved book in the Benelux, to the Anjou Bible, a royal masterpiece from Naples, her meticulous conservation work and research have preserved and revealed the fragile wisdom they conceal. Lieve’s work is particularly characterized by her multidisciplinary approach, in which she innovated by developing new research techniques for her field. Hence, the contributions are situated across the intersection of historical, art-historical, art-technical and conservation studies. Further, the volume includes a complete bibliography of her professional and academic career as well as a reflection on her academic journey. Lieve’s trodden paths ensure that the past remains vivid in the present. This book honours her extraordinary skills and legacy, and the enduring stories she has helped to preserve for future generations.
- Edited by W. François
- Edited by H. Hameeuw
- Edited by M. Bassens
Other Titles in this Series
Vado mori
Une Danse Macabre unique dans le Livre d'Heures ganto-brugeois Croy-Arenberg (environ 1500)
Volume 40
Visitatio Apostolica Episcopatus Leodiensis
Der Nuntius Pier Luigi Carafa (1624-1634) als Visitator Bistum Luttich
Volume 31
De Westmalse Acta Sanctorum
Provenances van Pauscollege tot Guillaume Joseph De Boey. Met bibliografie van Seraphinus Lenssen, de bollandist van de trappisten
Volume 37
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The Consumption of Architectural Books in the Early Modern Eastern Adriatic
Volume 1
Naples as Laboratory / Laboratorium Neapel
Style Options, Artistic Rivalry and Self Fashioning in Neapolitan Baroque Painting / Plurale Stilbildung, Kunstlerkonkurrenz und Self Fashioning in der neapolitanischen Barockmalerei
Nurturing the Elite
Representations of Drinking, Eating, and Religious Vessels in Palmyrene Funerary Iconography
Volume 13
Technical Studies of Asian Art
Proceedings of the Seventh Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art
Art and Mysticism in Silesia in the Baroque period
Angelus Silesius, Bernhard Rosa, and Michael Willmann
Volume 9
Beiträge zur Islamischen Kunst und Archäologie
The Arts and Archaeology of Funerary Cultures in Islam
Volume 10.0
Bogazkoy Tablets in the Museum of Anatolian Civilisations (Bo 95-Bo 3993)
Anadolu Medeniyetleri Muzesinde Bulunan Bogazkoy Tabletleri (Bo 95-Bo 3993)
Volume 3
Burgeoning European Print Trade
The Distribution of Prints via the Plantin-Moretus Press of Antwerp
Volume 19
Codename SICILYWAR: Archaeology, Museums, and Social Networks under Threat in Sicily during World War II
Cornucopia for a Polymath: Studies in Archaeology, Architecture and Art History for John Burnett Mitchell
Gender in Gandharan Art
Representations and Interactions in the Buddhist Context (1st-4th centuries CE)
