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
Category: Guest post
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.
Elephants and Mahouts in Persianate South Asia
We celebrate World Elephant Day (12 August) with a guest blog post by Professor Fabrizio Speziale (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris-Marseille), on a Persian text about the origin of the mahout, or elephant keeper.
A new view of the Manchester Computer
Seventy five years ago, the University’s ‘Baby’ computer became the first electronic computer with a read/write memory to run a program. To mark this historic event, Professor Jim Miles (University of Manchester Department of Computer Science) describes how a definitive new image of the Manchester computer was recreated using rediscovered original negatives.
Li Yuan-chia: Life and Art through the Camera Lens
Two of our placement students talk about their work with the photography collection of Li Yuan-Chia.
Experimenting with Print
The dating of a mysterious woodblock
ḤaBaD Hasidic Manuscripts in the Rylands. Part 2: Authoritativeness and Precision in Transmission
Dr Israel M. Sandman continues his exploration of the ḤaBaD Hasidic manuscripts in the Rylands’ collection, exploring the authoritativeness of various manuscripts, and methods for maintaining textual accuracy.
ḤaBaD Hasidic Manuscripts in the Rylands. Part 1: Transmitting Access to the Inner Life
Dr Israel M. Sandman explores some fascinating aspects of the Rylands’ ḤaBaD Hasidic manuscripts collection, all available online now.
Images of Martyrdom in an Early Modern Pilgrim’s Narrative
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr Emily Price, examines William Lithgow’s account of torture at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition.