Queering the Collections
Our LGBTQ+ Special Collections Guide acts as a new route into our collections – opening up fresh avenues of research and enriching our knowledge of the past and present world.
Latest Posts
Salford Lads’ Club: New Artwork by Anthony McCarthy
A new Anthony McCarthy work to add to our Visual Collections
ḤaBaD Hasidic Manuscripts in the Rylands. Part 2: Authoritativeness and Precision in Transmission
Dr Israel M. Sandman continues his exploration of the ḤaBaD Hasidic manuscripts in the Rylands’ collection, exploring the authoritativeness of various manuscripts, and methods for maintaining textual accuracy.
Periodicals of the Christian Brethren Archive
Dr Sam Hyde describes the incredible wealth of periodicals in the Christian Brethren Archive
Lost and found? The rediscovery of a missing Avicenna manuscript
The story of an annotated copy of Avicenna’s medical writings in Hebrew translation that was thought to be lost for almost one and a half centuries and turned out to be hiding in the University of Manchester Library.
ḤaBaD Hasidic Manuscripts in the Rylands. Part 1: Transmitting Access to the Inner Life
Dr Israel M. Sandman explores some fascinating aspects of the Rylands’ ḤaBaD Hasidic manuscripts collection, all available online now.
A Fragile Beauty
Catch a glimpse of a hidden gem of the Rylands Hebrew Manuscripts Collection.
Dr Clifford Hall: A ship’s surgeon
Across the University, there are objects of historical and cultural significance collectively known as the University Collections. Within the UniversityContinue Reading
Qing: Engaging with Special Collections and Research
Dr Kathy Davies from our Exhibitions and Public Engagement with Research team reflects on the varied engagement activities we staged for the Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire exhibition
Brethren and Their Buildings
Jane Speller celebrates the publication of Tim Grass’s book, Brethren and their Buildings.