Cataloguing Persian Manuscripts at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Jake Benson, Research Associate The library holds over 1,000 Persian manuscripts dating from the 13th to the 19th centuries, includingContinue Reading
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Unexpected treasures from early medieval Spain: the Visigothic manuscripts in the Rylands
Visiting Early Career research Fellow, Dr Ana Dias, explores the Rylands Visigothic Manuscripts.
Richard Goulden Collection: a new and exciting archive in Special Collections
Catherine Smith, Reader Services Assistant, writes: As well as looking after our readers in the Reading Rooms either in personContinue Reading
Four Maps of New Zealand: The General Survey Office and imperial tourism
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr James Watts, explores the map collection of the Manchester Geographical Society (MGS).
The Manchester Guardian and the Manchester Observer
Robert Poole, Professor of History, University of Central Lancashire discusses the Manchester Observer, Peterloo Massacre and their importance in the founding of the Manchester Guardian.
Tipped-in Frontispiece Portraits in the Early Modern Sermon
Dr Hannah Yip is a Visiting Early Career Research Fellow for 2020/21. Her project, ‘The Clergy and Artistic Recreation inContinue Reading
Nancy Cunard, the Manchester Guardian and the Spanish Civil War
Dr. Sam Hyde discusses the connection between The Manchester Guardian, Nancy Cunard, the writer and civil rights activist and The Spanish Civil War.
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.
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.