by Janette LEFRANCQ. — Book in French. It was around 1648 that Jean Bonhomme (1619-1662), the youngest member of an emblematic family of glassmakers from Liège, undertook the first complete and faithful translation of Neri’s Arte Vetreria, published in Florence in 1612… (details)
by Jean-Louis VAN BELLE, in collaboration with Philippe SOSNOWSKA et Sylvianne MODRIE. — In French (details)
by Philippe PATER. — In French. Based on archival sources inherent to Charles de Lorraine, this book will provide the reader with a substantial amount of exclusive information on his collections of watches and clocks, his machinists and turners, his physicists and naturalists, on the watchmakers who worked not only for the prince, but also for his sister Anne-Charlotte. This work is illustrated with many unpublished photos (details)
by Jean-Louis Van Belle. — Book in French.This unique manuscript has recently been found in private archives and is now published in its entirety for the first time. With its 8,000 entries, this document is a genuine Brussels "Who's who" of the end of the 16th century… (details)
by Jean-Louis Van Belle. — Book in French. Im Frühjahr 1794 wurde der Priester Jean-François (de) BERNARDY (1749-1842) mit einem Kollegen nach Obersachsen entsandt, um dort Spenden für französische Priester, die infolge der Wirren der Französischen Revolution in die Schweiz ausgewandert waren, zu beschaffen. Diese Reise dauerte von Mai 1794 bis November 1795. Während dieser Zeit führte er ein Tagebuch, das bis heute verborgen blieb…
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by Jean-Louis Van Belle and Jan Caluwaerts. — After the bombing of Brussels in the year 1695, Corneille van Nerven and his teams set about rebuilding and restoring the picturesque buildings surrounding the famous Market Place. Corneille was the most famous member of a family of artists… (Details)
GOBIN M., « Quelques aspects de la bienfaisance dans le Sud-Luxembourg à la fin de l’Ancien Régime : l’importance de l’abbaye d’Orval », in Actes des VIIe Congrès de l’Association des Cercles francophones d’Histoire et d’Archéologie de Belgique et LIVe Congrès de la Fédération des Cercles d’Archéologie et d’Histoire de Belgique. Congrès d'Ottignies – Louvain-la-Neuve, 26-28 août 2004, Brussels, 2007, p. 38-53.