Category: Research
The “Herstory” of an Arabic Manuscript
This post tells the life story of an Arabic manuscript of folk tales. The manuscript is not particularly old, norContinue Reading
Chicago! Chicago! Rylands at the World’s Largest Gathering of Religious Scholars
Dr Gareth Lloyd, the Library’s curator of Christian religious archives, represented the Rylands at the joint annual meeting of theContinue Reading
Sir Bernard Lovell (1913-2012)
We were greatly saddened to learn of the death in August of Sir Bernard Lovell, at age of 98. SirContinue Reading
Warwick-Newberry Summer School Visit
Guest posting by Professor Simon Gilson, Department of Italian, University of Warwick: “The John Rylands Library recently hosted a studyContinue Reading
Christianus Prolianus’s Astronomia manuscript now digitised
Several of our Latin manuscripts have recently been fully digitised at the request of Professor Kate Cooper, in support ofContinue Reading
Visit by Mike Toth from the Baltimore Palimpsest Project
Yesterday we had a fascinating visit from Mike Toth, manager of the Archimedes Palimpsest Project at the Walters Art MuseumContinue Reading