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.
Category: Research
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.
Magic lanterns and ‘magic’ imperialism
Nineteenth-century imperial societies enjoyed self-aggrandising stories of their technology being mistaken for magic by African peoples. The library’s lantern slidesContinue Reading
Finding faith in the urban archive
Did urbanisation and industrialisation cause religious faith to decline in eighteenth-century England? Correspondence from the Nicholson family of Manchester merchants suggests otherwise.
Palladium: appraisal and sensitivity review of the Carcanet email archive
An update on the Palladium project.
Introducing the ePADD+ Project
ePADD+, a collaborative project between Harvard University, Stanford University and The University of Manchester.
Dante in Manchester: Celebrating the ‘anno dantesco’
2021 is the ‘anno dantesco’, commemorating the 700th anniversary of Dante’s death. To mark the start of our celebrations here in Manchester, Dr Guyda Armstrong of the Italian Department writes about the new collection of manuscripts and early printed editions from the Rylands which we’ve made available in Manchester Digital Collections.
Rylands Persian MS 913: Oriental Studies between Leiden and Constantinople
Manuscript collection containing documents relating to Ottoman-Dutch relations including correspondence between Leiden orientalist Jacobus Golius and Nicolas of Aleppo.
Obstetric Tables: a collaborative approach to an unusual Georgian midwifery guidebook
It’s International Women’s Day and Ceri in the Visitor Engagement Team highlights a project by Dr Rebecca Whiteley, Shreeve Fellow in the History of Medicine, for its collaborative and engaging approach to research. Rebecca’s interest in the visual culture of pregnancy and midwifery of the 1800s has led her to investigate the Library’s extraordinary medical collection. Join us on a whistle-stop tour of the project!