About Illuminare

Illuminare - Centre for the Study of the Illuminated Manuscript was established in 1983 as the Centre for the Study of Flemish Illuminators by Maurits Smeyers (1937-1999), professor at the Catholic University of Leuven (K.U.Leuven) and an authority on manuscripts and miniatures.

From the outset the centre concentrated on the study of illumination in the Southern Netherlands, especially in the cities of Bruges, Brussels, Tournai and Ghent, and in Hainaut and the present-day department of North France

Since September 2004 the study centre has been called Illuminare - Centre for the Study of the Illuminated Manuscript.