The John Rylands Research Institute and Library has a large collection of Samaritan manuscripts some of which are now available online. This blog offers you a brief introduction into the little-known world of the Samaritans and the books.
A selection of 10 Ethiopic manuscripts are slated for publication on the Manchester Digital Collections platform later this month
3D scanning and printing the John and Enriqueta Rylands statues as a gift for Dr John Hodgson
Senior photographer Tony Richards explains their research into imaging paper watermarks.
Amulet cataloguer Dr Gal Sofer gives you an expert’s insight into our fascinating amulet collection.
Recently, the Collection Care and Imaging teams from the University of Manchester Special Collections collaborated with NXCT, The National X-ray Computed Tomography centre based at The University of Manchester. For the first time, objects from the John Rylands collections were imaged using state of the art X-ray scanning facilities, in an attempt to reveal what’s hidden inside.
We celebrate World Elephant Day (12 August) with a guest blog post by Professor Fabrizio Speziale (School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Paris-Marseille), on a Persian text about the origin of the mahout, or elephant keeper.
To celebrate 550 years since the birth of Copernicus and 480 years since the publication of his work, our STEM curator discusses our copies of De Revolutionibus.
Rylands, Paramaththa and ICTB UK have digitised thirty-two Sinhalese Manuscripts to open up access to the collection
A little frolic through the John Rylands’ festive collections.