The book, the city, the world: The Liber Floridus

Tonight we welcome Wim Verbaal, emeritus professor at the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy at Ghent University, to Herberg Macharius for an engaging lecture on one of the most famous manuscripts in the collection of the Ghent University Library: the Liber Floridus. Alongside the Ghent Altarpiece, the 12th-century Liber Floridus is also considered one of the greatest artistic treasures of…