Two Hindustani Manuscripts at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Guest researcher Dr Manjiri Thakoor writes on the making of the Mahabharata, and discusses the characteristics of the ‘Adi Parva’ and ‘Rama Vijaya’ held at the Rylands.
Tag: Art history
Sign of the Times: the Sitters Books of Frank Salisbury – Part 2
In the second of two blog posts, Reader Services Assistants Ian Graham and Angela Petyt-Whittaker continue to discuss their jointContinue Reading
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
A Novice Archivist and the Papers of R. H. Wilenski
Hannah Smith, a student from the Liverpool University Centre for Archive Studies, writes about her cataloguing placement at the JohnContinue Reading
Event Report – The Artist of the Future Age: William Blake, Neo-Romanticism, Counter-Culture and Now
This blogpost, by student interns Ami Savage and Marnie Parker, was first published on the Art History UoM Index blog.Continue Reading
Using facial recognition techniques to compare portraits associated with Shakespeare
Portrait of a Young Man, referred to as the Grafton portrait, held in the John Rylands Library, is by anContinue Reading
Vive la France!
Having been inspired by an undergraduate Art History and Visual Collections Seminar first year student Kelly Stanford has returnedContinue Reading
Marking Walter Crane’s Centenary
Today marks the centenary of the death of Walter Crane (1845-1915), one of the most important artists, designers and bookContinue Reading
Holtorp Collection – Look what we found!
Following on from seminar work that Edward Wouk taught through his class, Renaissance Print Cultures, the Library has been reassessingContinue Reading