Why the Copper Monday print is a tradition that should return

by Onno Weggemans
6 January 201730 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, LITERARY

Begin januari valt er bij mij elk jaar een mooi gedrukt boekwerkje door de brievenbus. Deze traditie van Koppermaandag is bijna verloren gegaan. Alleen sommige kleine drukkerijen sturen hun relaties nog een Kopperuitgave. Wat is dat eigenlijk, en waarom is het zo bijzonder?
Koppermaandag is de eerste maandag na Driekoningen (6 januari). Van oudsher een feestdag voor de gilden. De gildebrieven met privileges werden voorgelezen en daarna trokken de gildelieden de stad in om te brassen. De kortste ...

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