Incunabula Cataloguing Project. 5: An early astronomical calendar and an innovation in book design
A description of Johannes Regiomontanus’ Kalendarium of 1476
A description of Johannes Regiomontanus’ Kalendarium of 1476
4: A collection of speeches and news of new horizons
3: Sweynheym and Pannartz, the first printers in Italy
Amulet cataloguer Dr Gal Sofer gives you an expert’s insight into our fascinating amulet collection.
2: The first printed edition of the Roman poet Virgil
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.
Ancient documentary papryi are difficult to read, but with careful attention they often reveal our common humanity.
The first post on the Incunabula Cataloguing Project, discussing the cataloguing of our world-class collection of 15th-century printed books.
The dating of a mysterious woodblock
This blog post discusses the history and development of Iranian languages and scripts in relation to manuscripts and documents preserved in the Rylands collections.