Rediscovering Frances Power Cobbe
We use our collections to reignite the work of this near-forgotten Victorian philosopher and figure in the women’s suffrage movement.
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Discovery and Empire: The botanical works of Caspar Commelin and Maria Sibylla Merian
A blog by Verity Burton, placement student, BA Art History. The John Rylands Library holds a remarkable collection of rareContinue Reading
New online collection of Arabic manuscripts II: from calendar to calligraphy
In our recent blog, we introduced some of the Quranic codices featuring our new digital collection of Arabic manuscripts. ApartContinue Reading
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. Number 11: Blockbooks (Part 5) – The Art of Memory
In this final blog on the John Rylands Library’s collection of 15th-century blockbooks, we take a look at the memory aid known as the “Ars memorandi”
A new era for Manchester computing: the Ferranti Mark I, 1951
Dr James Peters discusses the Ferranti Mark I computer, installed at the University of Manchester in February 1951.
New online collection of Arabic manuscripts I: the Glorious Qurʿan
The John Rylands Library holds nearly 900 Arabic manuscripts. Our new online collection gives you a glimpse of this treasure house.
Edgar Woodall: Surgeon on the Front Line
Dr James Peters discusses the recently catalogued letters of Edgar Woodall, a military surgeon during the First World War.
200 Years of the Christian Brethren (Give or Take)
A Guest Post by Dr Tim Grass
Brought to light – A stone grotesque and the Artec Spider II scanner
By Tony Richards and Samuel Simpson The Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab have recently taken delivery of an Artec Spider IIContinue Reading
Conserving the Oldknow Book: History, Heritage and Treatment
Amber Russell and Zoë Lanceley discuss the context and significance of the Oldknow Textile Sample Book, and describe its recent conservation.