Leiden
8 °C
  • Pressure: 1027 hPa
  • Humidity: 69 %
  • Clounds: 13%
  • few clouds
Wednesday
12 °C
  • 1028 hPa
  • Humidity: 59 %
  • sky is clear
Thursday
11 °C
  • 1029 hPa
  • Humidity: 66 %
  • Clouds: 21%
  • few clouds
Friday
12 °C
  • 1023 hPa
  • Humidity: 68 %
  • Clouds: 98%
  • overcast clouds
Saturday
17 °C
  • 1019 hPa
  • Humidity: 44 %
  • Clouds: 26%
  • scattered clouds

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Leiden

Leiden (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɛi̯.də(n)]; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the Dutch province of South Holland. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 122,000, but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdorp, Voorschoten and Zoeterwoude with around 190,000 inhabitants. Leiden is located on the Old Rhine, at a distance of some 20 kilometres (12 miles) from The Hague to its south and some 40 kilometres (25 miles) from Amsterdam to its north. The recreational area of the Kaag Lakes (Kagerplassen) lies just to the northeast of Leiden.

A university city since 1575, Leiden houses Leiden University, the oldest university of the Netherlands, and Leiden University Medical Center. It is twinned with Oxford, the location of England's oldest university.

History

Leiden was formed on an artificial hill (today called the Burcht van Leiden) at the confluence of the rivers Oude and Nieuwe Rijn (Old and New Rhine). In the oldest reference to this, from circa 860, the settlement was called Leithon. The name is said to be from Germanic *leitha- "canal".

Leiden Conventions

The Leiden Conventions are an established set of rules, symbols, and brackets used to indicate the condition of an epigraphic or papyrological text in a modern edition. In previous centuries of classical scholarship, scholars who published texts from inscriptions, papyri, or manuscripts used divergent conventions to indicate the condition of the text and editorial corrections or restorations. The Leiden meeting was designed to help to redress this confusion.

The earliest form of the Conventions were agreed at a meeting of classical scholars at the University of Leiden in 1931, and published in an article shortly thereafter. There are minor variations in the use of the Conventions between epigraphy and papyrology (and even between Greek and Latin epigraphy). More recently, scholars have published improvements and adjustments to the system.

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See also

  • EpiDoc
  • Primary source
  • Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum
  • Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
  • +++ (modem) (for use of sequence in telecommunication possibly inspired by Leiden Conventions)
  • Leyden cheese

    Leyden, from Dutch: Leidse kaas, is a semi-hard, cumin and caraway seed flavoured cheese made in the Netherlands from cow's milk. It is made both in factories and on farms, historically in the Leiden area.

    Leidse kaas is the most common type of komijnekaas, cheese including cumin as an ingredient, in the Netherlands. The cheese is round and flat like Gouda however it is made with sharp edges on one side and less roundness to its side. It has a fat percentage of 30% to 40%, and can weigh between 3 kg (6.6 lb) and 9 kg (20 lb).

    Production

    On the farms, about 5% of buttermilk may be added to the milk, and it is set with rennet at a temperature of 28 °C (82 °F) to 30 °C (86 °F). About 30 minutes later, the curd is cut with a harp, stirred, and warmed to about 33 °C (91 °F) by pouring in hot whey. The curd is dipped with a cloth and kneaded. Cumin seeds are added to a portion of the curd, and the curd is then put into cloth-lined hoops in three layers, with the spiced curd as the middle layer. The cheese is pressed for about three hours, then it is redressed, inverted, and again pressed overnight. It may be salted with dry salt, or it may be immersed in a brine bath. It is cured in a cool, moist cellar. If the rind becomes too hard, it is washed with whey or salty water.

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    Leiden

    by: Boehse Onkelz

    (Weidner)
    Ich bin hoch geflogen
    Tief gefallen
    Ich war ganz oben
    Und hab' Gott bei der Arbeit gesehn.
    Ich schmorte in der Hölle
    Küßte dem Teufel den Arsch
    Ich sah in den Himmel
    Und in, und in mein eigenes Grab.
    Ich trieb' s mit Engeln
    Ich feierte Siege
    Ich triumphierte und verlor
    Ich starb aus Liebe.
    Ich habe viel verloren
    Doch nie meine Träume
    Manche wurden wahr
    Die meisten aber blieben Schäume.
    (Chor)
    (Das sind,) Leere Worte
    An einem toten Tag
    Mein Hirn liegt im Nebel
    Zuviel Koks, zuwenig Schlaf.
    Zuviel von allem
    Ein kleiner Tod
    Ich hab' mich abgeschossen, ausgeknipst
    Mich selbst überholt.
    Ich wußte alles
    Und hab alles vergessen
    Ich kam, sah und siegte
    Und hab' Scheiße gefressen
    Was immer dabei rum kommt
    Es kommt nichts dabei raus
    Jeden Tag, die gleiche Scheiße
    Ich will hier raus! Ich will hier raus!
    (Chor /3x)




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