The Return of the Reading Room- Physical and Virtual
Special Collections Reader Services Co-ordinator, Kate Miller writes – After tireless work by many people and teams across the whole ofContinue Reading
Category: Research
South Asian Heritage Month Collection Close up: Preserving Palm Leaf – A Sacred Manuscript Tradition
To celebrate South Asian Heritage Month this series will be exploring items from the collections related to South Asian Heritage.Continue Reading
South Asian Heritage Month Collection Close Up: Tales of Panji
The third and final piece of our series celebrating South Asian Heritage Month explores Javanese history and culture with RizaContinue Reading
Sign of the Times: the Sitters Books of Frank Salisbury – Part 2
In the second of two blog posts, Reader Services Assistants Ian Graham and Angela Petyt-Whittaker continue to discuss their jointContinue Reading
Sign of the Times: the Sitters Books of Frank Salisbury – Part 1
In the first of two blog posts, Reader Services Assistants Ian Graham and Angela Petyt-Whittaker discuss their joint project toContinue Reading
“Through a glass darkly”: A digital exploration of an 18th century Revival Network”
Invitation to a webinar hosted by Southern Methodist University and featuring a presentation by Dr Gareth Lloyd of The John Rylands Library, University of Manchester
Travels through Tokugawa Japan
Dr Sonia Favi explores the travel literature of early modern Japan.
Dead Sea Scroll fragments thought to be blank reveal text
A multispectral imaging study has revealed that four Dead Sea Scroll manuscript fragments previously thought to be blank,
contain text.
A curator’s pick: My favourite Rylands collection
A curator talks about his favourite collection at the John Rylands Libary.
Sharper than a two-edged sword: The agony and the joy of interpreting the bible in Georgian England
This blog highlights the importance of bible reading and interpretation at the grassroots of the Evangelical Revival. It also shines a spotlight on the significant but often overlooked place of the bible across 18th century society in general.