Missionary Helps Postcards, 1907-1921
By Prof Jean DeBernardi (Professor Emerita of Anthropology at the University of Alberta)
Category: Long read
Duchess, Queen, Witch – Joan of Navarre and Rylands Latin MS 22
Curator Anne Anderton writes about Joan of Navarre and her Psalter (Latin MS 22), which was recently reunited with its long-lost leaf
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. IX: Blockbooks (Part 3) – The Art of Dying
Continuing our look at the blockbook collection in the John Rylands Library, this blog focuses on the Ars Moriendi (“The Art of Dying”)
Print and preach – the importance of Methodist Circuit Plans
By Angela Petyt-Whittaker, Reader Services Assistant
Votes for Women! Inspiration in words and pictures.
The second blog in our series on Votes for Women.
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
‘There is Something for You in this Train’: The Hocking Collection
The Hocking Collection contains novels, short stories, and other writings by the Cornish siblings Silas Kitto Hocking (1850-1935), Salome HockingContinue Reading
Charles Wesley’s ‘Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending’
Archivist Paul Carlyle discusses Charles Wesley’s famous hymns, ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’ and ‘Lo! He Comes with Clouds Descending’.
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. VIII: Blockbooks (Part 2) – it’s the Apocalypse (again) and the Pauper’s Bible
A look at two rare blockbooks in their original 15th century binding