Behind the Scenes of an Exhibition: Hard Decisions!
This week we met with our colleague Elaine Sheldon from the Conservation Team to discuss display proposals and concerns aboutContinue Reading
Tag: Exhibitions
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
Behind the scenes of an exhibition: or everything you wanted to know about exhibitions, but were afraid to ask.
Over the last twelve months we have been enhancing the boxlist for the Li Yuan-chia archive with the aim ofContinue Reading
Mapping the friends and collaborators of Jeff Nuttall
Veneta Haralampieva writes: Hello everyone, In case you haven’t read my previous blog post, my name is Veneta Haralampieva. IContinue Reading
The Jeff Nuttall exhibition: thoughts from the developer behind the app visualising his life
Veneta Haralampieva writes: Hello everyone, My name is Veneta Haralampieva and I have just graduated from the University of ManchesterContinue Reading
The Manchester Histories Festival: What We Learned.
On the 11th June, the John Rylands Library Special Collections put together a stall for the Manchester Histories Festival whichContinue Reading
Faith after the Pharaohs: Christianity and the Rylands Gospel of Mary
Source: Faith after the Pharaohs: Christianity and the Rylands Gospel of Mary
From Manchester to Melbourne: Gutenberg Bible on the move
We are very excited that our copy of the magnificent Gutenberg Bible is on display for a limited time atContinue Reading
Manutius in Manchester – new blog
For the last few years we have been recataloguing our Aldine collection (books printed by Aldus Manutius and his heirs),Continue 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