Experimenting with Print
The dating of a mysterious woodblock
Author: Julianne Simpson
Qing China: new exhibition and digital collection go live
Through books, scrolls and artworks from our Chinese collections, we explore the languages and cultures of the Qing empire.
Speak PROPER Renaissance Italian!
A Renaissance Man’s “Speaking Book” in Manchester’s Neo-Gothic Library
New Digital Collection: Revolutionary France
A selection of French revolutionary proclamations are now available on Manchester Digital Collections
A Tale of Two Cities
On the 150th anniversary of Charles Dickens’s death, Special Collections Librarian, Julie Ramwell, looks at his relationship with Manchester.
Robert Wagstaffe Killer (Part 3)
This is third and final post by Julie Ramwell introducing a unique 18th-century trade directory with annotations by a ManchesterContinue Reading
Robert Wagstaffe Killer (Part 2)
This is the second of three blog posts by Julie Ramwell introducing a unique 18th-century trade directory with annotations byContinue Reading
Robert Wagstaffe Killer (Part 1)
‘As like a gentleman as is a Mouse to an Elephant’: The annotated 1794 Manchester trade directory of Robert WagstaffeContinue Reading
Book for a Cardinal
Following on from her previous post Sara D’Amico has another discovery to share. The David Lloyd Roberts Collection is mostlyContinue Reading
Pietro Antonio Ferro: An Italian Painter and his Book
Sara D’Amico spent three months working with us as part of the EU Erasmus+ training scheme. Her project focused onContinue Reading