Digitising the Sinhalese Palm Leaf Manuscripts
Rylands, Paramaththa and ICTB UK have digitised thirty-two Sinhalese Manuscripts to open up access to the collection
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.
Christian Brethren Archive volunteer, Olivia Spencer writes: This series of blogs celebrates the lives of some of the Brethren womenContinue Reading
Rylands ICP placement students, Kai and Yunshuang, spent twenty days with the Imaging team between November 2021 and May 2022,Continue Reading
Dr Israel M. Sandman continues his exploration of the ḤaBaD Hasidic manuscripts in the Rylands’ collection, exploring the authoritativeness of various manuscripts, and methods for maintaining textual accuracy.
Dr Israel M. Sandman explores some fascinating aspects of the Rylands’ ḤaBaD Hasidic manuscripts collection, all available online now.
Dr Kathy Davies from our Exhibitions and Public Engagement with Research team reflects on the varied engagement activities we staged for the Qing: China’s Multilingual Empire exhibition
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the theft of the University copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio from the University LibraryContinue Reading
Sophia Louise Lee discusses journalist and broadcaster Norman Shrapnel’s reflections on nostalgia in his ‘London Letters’
After the Irish home rule debates in the 1880s the Manchester Guardian and its editor, C. P. Scott, emerged asContinue Reading