Autographs and Amanuenses in the Mary Hamilton Papers
How can we uncover the voices of the past? Christine Wallis delves into the world of 18th-century letters and their writers.
Category: Collections
The Story behind an Arabic Inscription in a Renaissance German Manuscript
Research Fellows Ben Pope and Jake Benson follow the trail of nineteenth-century antiquarian Robert Goff, who left an enigmatic trace of his collecting activity in a manuscript from the workshop of Lucas Cranach the Younger.
The Manchester Guardian and the Irish Question: Evolution of Newspaper and Nation
Kathy Davies explores the Guardian’s reporting on the complex subject of Irish home rule in the early part of the 20th Century.
Magic lanterns and ‘magic’ imperialism
Nineteenth-century imperial societies enjoyed self-aggrandising stories of their technology being mistaken for magic by African peoples. The library’s lantern slidesContinue Reading
International Kelmscott Press Day: 26 June 2021
To celebrate International Kelmscott Press Day, Special Collections Librarian, Julie Ramwell, takes a look at the Kelmscott Press publications in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
“The world has a right to know what we are doing and how we are doing it.” -Manchester Civic Week
The Manchester Guardian’s Civic Week Number, 1926 “If it be asked why Manchester is holding a Civic Week, the answerContinue Reading
Finding faith in the urban archive
Did urbanisation and industrialisation cause religious faith to decline in eighteenth-century England? Correspondence from the Nicholson family of Manchester merchants suggests otherwise.
What’s in a name? A birthday blog for Enriqueta Rylands
Today marks the birthday of the founder of the John Rylands Library, Enriqueta Augustina Rylands née Tennant. Enriqueta and herContinue Reading
Palladium: appraisal and sensitivity review of the Carcanet email archive
An update on the Palladium project.
Speak PROPER Renaissance Italian!
A Renaissance Man’s “Speaking Book” in Manchester’s Neo-Gothic Library