Author: Elizabeth Gow
Stephen Emmel’s paper on “The Coptic Manuscript Collection of Alexander Lindsay, 25th Earl of Crawford” suggests that Tattam acquired someContinue Reading
A Miscellany
It can be frustrating to find something described as miscellaneous but sometimes that is just what it is. I’d like toContinue Reading
Ancient Building Plan
This floor plan, made in Sumeria in the Ur III period (circa 2100-2000 BC), is currently on display in theContinue Reading
The “Herstory” of an Arabic Manuscript
This post tells the life story of an Arabic manuscript of folk tales. The manuscript is not particularly old, norContinue Reading
Manchester Contributes to the Friedberg Genizah Project
The John Rylands Library has recently agreed to contribute high quality images and metadata of its Genizah Collection to the Friedberg Genizah ProjectContinue Reading
Digitisation of Ancient Cuneiform Texts
We are excited to announce that the John Rylands Library Cuneiform collection is now available online via the Cuneiform Digital LibraryContinue Reading
More Manuscript Catalogues Online!
Last week John posted a list of “legacy” manuscript catalogues now available via Manchester eScholar. It reminded me that many cataloguesContinue Reading