Materials of the Book – Papyrus
The famous writing material of Ancient Egypt, enduring and iconic
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Materials of the Book – Wood
Wood is strong and easily shaped, allowing for the creation of practical and beautiful things, for books it creates the quintissential hardback
Materials of the Book – Leather
Leather is durable strong and flexible, also luxurious, tactile to hold
Materials of the Book – Parchment
Favoured for its durability and soft, subtle tones, it is in manuscript culture that the use of parchment and vellum endures most significantly
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
Life in the unknown: Alfred Alsop’s slum stories
This is the second blog in our series on Manchester’s Wood Street Mission by Max Maxfield, History MA student at the University of Manchester. In this blog Max looks at how the Mission partly funded its work in the 1880s by publishing sentimental accounts of children living in the slums of Manchester and Salford.
The Rylands Brief, a new podcast series
In collaboration with the Centre for New Writing and the Creative Manchester project, for the last month or so IContinue Reading
Robert Wagstaffe Killer (Part 3)
This is third and final post by Julie Ramwell introducing a unique 18th-century trade directory with annotations by a ManchesterContinue Reading
Robert Wagstaffe Killer (Part 2)
This is the second of three blog posts by Julie Ramwell introducing a unique 18th-century trade directory with annotations byContinue Reading
Robert Wagstaffe Killer (Part 1)
‘As like a gentleman as is a Mouse to an Elephant’: The annotated 1794 Manchester trade directory of Robert WagstaffeContinue Reading