A curator’s pick: My favourite Rylands collection
A curator talks about his favourite collection at the John Rylands Libary.
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Imaging takes an Isolated View (Part 5): Sigillography, a study of wax seals
I became interested in the symbols, the designs chosen, and what that says about the person to whom the seal belong?
Imaging takes an Isolated View (Part 2): ‘Seeing the aesthetics in damage’
As a practicing artist alongside my role as a photographer, I’m interested in the aesthetic qualities and life cycles of objects.
Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Europe (#3) – An interesting find
This post explores an interesting piece of ephemera, a map of ‘Rome in 1890’ published in ‘The Graphic’ newspaper in 1890.
Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Europe (#2) – Collection provenance
This post delves into the provenance of thirty-six manuscript maps of the Greek Archipelago.
Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Europe (#1) – Antiquarian maps
This is the first blog post in a series of three, and this post explores three maps of France, Greece and Italy by Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d’Anville.
The Palladium project and survey for researchers who use email archives
The University of Manchester Library is about to undertake an exciting new project, codename Palladium, which will include exploration ofContinue Reading
Introducing ePADD for email archives at the University of Manchester
Thanks to the great work of my predecessor Fran Baker, the UoM Special Collections hold the email archive of CarcanetContinue Reading
Port Out, Starboard Home: A Clean Break
Jane Donaldson writes: Off on our jolly holidays One of the perennial problems faced by the Reader Services Team isContinue Reading
Manchester Geographical Society Map Project: Maps of Africa (#3) – An interesting find
This is a blog post detailing Irrigation maps and plans in Egypt from the Manchester Geographical Society Map Collection.