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Collection of manuscripts from the De Goudbloem Sint-Niklaas chamber of rhetoric

This collected manuscript comprises a series of copies of plays and eulogies dating from the 17th century. It represents the repertoire of the chamber of rhetoric 'De Goudbloem' (The Marigold) of Sint-Niklaas. 'De Goudbloem Sint-Niklaas' first appears as 'De Rethorisienen van Temssche ende Sente Niclaus' (The Rhetoricians of Temse and Saint Nicholas) in the context of their participation in the fair procession in Dendermonde in August 1529. The chamber was baptised on 10 February 1537, by 'De Fonteine' from Ghent. In 1610, the chamber was recognized by De Fonteine as the principal chamber of the Land of Waas, granting it the right to baptise new chambers within its territory. In 1611, it baptised the chambers of Elversele and Nieuwkerken.

Domien Sleeckx

Glass plate from the Domien Sleeckx collection (1818-1901), a man of many talents: teacher, politician, author, journalist and artist.

Rabindranath Tagore at Gasthuisstraat 42 in Antwerp by Dr Arthur de Groodt.

Glass plate of Rabindranath Tagore: Bengali poet, philosopher, mystic and the first Indian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

Rabindranath Tagore at Gasthuisstraat 42 in Antwerp by Dr Arthur de Groodt.

Glass plate of Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali Poet, philosopher, mystic, and the first Indian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

Rabindranath Tagore at Gasthuisstraat 42 in Antwerp by Dr Arthur de Groodt.

Glass plate of Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali poet, philosopher, mystic and the first Indian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

Rabindranath Tagore

Glass plate of Rabindranath Tagore, Bengali poet, philosopher, mystic and the first Indian winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

Domien Sleeckx portrait

Glass plate from the collection Domien Sleeckx (1818-1901), a man of many talents: teacher, politician, author, journalist and artist.

James the Less

The sculpture is carved with a sense of realism and expression. The figure's weary facial expression and the heavy drapery imbue it with an individual, compelling force. The original polychromy has been fairly well preserved. For centuries, the sculpture has been part of a whole with the statue of Apostle Philip and the Saint George statue within the same altarpiece, thus forming part of one of the most impressive sculpted ensembles from the 15th century within the rich interior of the Saint Leonard Church.