Christmas Greetings
I hope the delightful image above sets a suitably festive tone to what will probably be our last posting ofContinue Reading
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Highlights from the Rylands Modern Literary Archives Programme in 2012
On 7 December, we held the annual meeting of our Modern Literary Archives Programme (MLAP) Steering Group – providing theContinue Reading
Tenth Annual Rylands Poetry Reading: Sir Geoffrey Hill
Thursday 6 December saw the tenth annual Rylands Poetry Reading. This prestigious programme of readings was inaugurated by the BoardContinue Reading
A Miscellany
It can be frustrating to find something described as miscellaneous but sometimes that is just what it is. I’d like toContinue Reading
Ancient Building Plan
This floor plan, made in Sumeria in the Ur III period (circa 2100-2000 BC), is currently on display in theContinue Reading
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
Visit of the President of Ireland
Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, visited the John Rylands Library on 23 November, accompanied by his wife Sabina, theContinue Reading
Multispectral Imaging at CHICC
CLICK for an animated gif showing the sequence of the light panels across the spectrum, from UV through visible toContinue Reading