Holtorp Collection – Look what we found!
Following on from seminar work that Edward Wouk taught through his class, Renaissance Print Cultures, the Library has been reassessingContinue Reading
Category: Exhibitions
Curious Find – Temperance Movement Cuttings Book
“Some drink when friends step in, And some when they step out; Some drink because they’re thin, And some drinkContinue Reading
Curious Find – Le Tumulte Noir
This new item was brought to our attention last month after a reader had requested to see it. It causedContinue Reading
Stereoscopic Images of the First World War
In February the article ‘In a Stetson and Three Dimensions: Picasso Comes to Life in 60 Year Old Pictures’ fromContinue Reading
Centenary of Norman Nicholson
Today marks 100 years since the birth of Norman Nicholson (1914-1987), poet, dramatist, novelist, critic, biographer and topographer. Nicholson wasContinue Reading
Roxburghe Club Visits the Rylands
Members of the prestigious Roxburghe Club, the world’s oldest bibliophilic society, held their annual meeting at The John Rylands LibraryContinue Reading
The Tony Dyson Collection
Matthew Schofield, one of our volunteers, reports on his work with the Tony Dyson collection: Working as a volunteer atContinue Reading
‘Burning Bright’: William Blake and the Art of the Book
Over the past two years, curators at the John Rylands Library have been working with the art historian Colin TroddContinue 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