Geographical School Map Collection Placement Project
I work as a Collections assistant at the University of Manchester Library Special Collections, focusing mainly on the Library’s mapContinue Reading
Tag: Conservation
Conservation of a Renaissance Masterpiece: Prolianus’s Astronomia
One of our most beautiful Renaissance manuscripts is a copy of Christianus Prolianus’s scientific treatise, Astronomia, produced in Naples in 1478.Continue Reading
Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition: The Art of Visual Communication
Digitisation activity around our Special Collections exhibitions has become more and more critical over the past few years. Whether thatContinue Reading
Faith after the Pharaohs: Christianity and the Rylands Gospel of Mary
Source: Faith after the Pharaohs: Christianity and the Rylands Gospel of Mary
Picture Store
Elaine Sheldon from our Collection Care Team writes: Freelance paintings conservator Elizabeth Jowett has recently been working on a smallContinue Reading