Rediscovered: Persian poets and poetry
James White writes Over the past weeks, I have been cataloguing some of the Persian literary manuscripts in the UniversityContinue Reading
Author: Elizabeth Gow
Rehousing the Greek Papyri
Guest blog by Niki Pantazidou. As a book and paper conservator I had the great opportunity to work at theContinue Reading
The Laur-Chand: an Indian Sufi romance
Hindustani MS 1 has been digitised and is now available to view online in the Rylands Collection. This sixteenth-century copy of theContinue Reading
Faith after the Pharaohs: Christianity and the Rylands Gospel of Mary
Source: Faith after the Pharaohs: Christianity and the Rylands Gospel of Mary
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