American Archival Pleasures
Last Friday, the John Rylands Library provided the venue for the inaugural reading group of BrANCA – the British AssociationContinue Reading
Last Friday, the John Rylands Library provided the venue for the inaugural reading group of BrANCA – the British AssociationContinue Reading
It has been a long haul, but the eagerly awaited volume 90 number 1 (Spring 2014) issue of the BulletinContinue Reading
“Some drink when friends step in, And some when they step out; Some drink because they’re thin, And some drinkContinue Reading
This new item was brought to our attention last month after a reader had requested to see it. It causedContinue Reading
One of the first pilot projects of the John Rylands Research Institute has centred upon the archive of Samuel AlexanderContinue Reading
Ann Blair, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at Harvard University, delivered the inaugural John Rylands Research Institute Lecture, Script,Continue Reading
For the last few years we have been recataloguing our Aldine collection (books printed by Aldus Manutius and his heirs),Continue Reading
This Curious Find comes to us from Christina Brindley who is researching images of female piety and the development ofContinue Reading
One of the Library’s great treasures is a remarkable manuscript map of the world, or Mappe Monde, produced in 1546Continue Reading
The next John Rylands Seminar on Print and Materiality in the Early Modern World is Wednesday 19 March 2014, 3.30–5.00Continue Reading