Celebrating Janmashtami the Persian Way: Sānval Singh and the Bhāgavat Purāṇa in Persian MS 961
A guest blog by Pranav Prakash, specialist in the comparative study of book arts, literary cultures and religions in South Asian and Persian societies
Category: Guest post
The Saint Christopher woodcut dated 1423
Guest author Ed Potten discusses the dating of the unique St Christopher woodcut
“One of the Busiest Men in Manchester”: William Edward Armytage Axon (1846-1913)
Guest author Lucy Evans explains how the Axon Papers collection at the John Rylands Library proved instrumental for writing her new book on the life of the prolific librarian, antiquary and journalist William Axon
Missionary Helps Postcards, 1907-1921
By Prof Jean DeBernardi (Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Alberta)
Arthur Gook and the trouble with letters
MA student Alex Tunstall shares her reflections on cataloguing the Echoes of Service correspondence files
Far from Being in the ‘Most Useless’ Place: Linking John Rylands Coptic Manuscripts with the Coptic Community
Dr Sarah Parkhouse and Professor Peter Oakes write about their pilot project exploring the treasure trove of Coptic manuscripts at the John Rylands Library.
Death by Hunger: Malcolm Muggeridge and the Ukrainian Famine 1932-1933
By Rose Burke (MA student, Library and Archive Studies at the University of Manchester)
A Surprise Visit With Peter Doyle, Walt Whitman’s Most Significant Other
Prof. Karen Karbiener discusses the discovery of an 1868 carte de visite in the John Rylands Library’s Whitman Collection
J.N. Darby and the curious case of the missing greatcoat
By Prof Crawford Gribben
From Evil Eyes to Lost Friendships: Tales from the Gaster Amulet Collection
Amulet cataloguer Dr Gal Sofer gives you an expert’s insight into our fascinating amulet collection.