Author: Jake Benson

Research Associate (Persian Collections), John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester.

Detail of Persian MS 27, fourth right flyleaf b side (f. ivb)

by Jake Benson October 6, 2022 0

Iranian Languages and Scripts

This blog post discusses the history and development of Iranian languages and scripts in relation to manuscripts and documents preserved in the Rylands collections.

by Jake Benson September 17, 2021 3

Collections Long read Research

Cataloguing Persian Manuscripts at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library

Jake Benson, Research Associate discusses his work of cataloguing the roughly 1,000 Persian manuscripts that are held in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library’s collections.