Tag: John Rylands Library
Photo a Day #01
This Freedom of the City of Manchester scroll presented to Mrs Enriqueta Rylands in October 1899. Mrs Rylands built theContinue Reading
Reader Services – Curious Finds – “Nuns’ Buns”
This Curious Find comes to us from Christina Brindley who is researching images of female piety and the development ofContinue Reading
Celebrating a Neo-Gothic Masterpiece
The John Rylands Library has been described as one of the finest examples of Neo-Gothic architecture in Europe. Built asContinue 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
Living with Uniformity: the Church of England and Dissent, 1662 to 1689
Living with Uniformity: the Church of England and Dissent, 1662 to 1689, A conference to mark the 350th anniversary ofContinue Reading
Visit by Mike Toth from the Baltimore Palimpsest Project
Yesterday we had a fascinating visit from Mike Toth, manager of the Archimedes Palimpsest Project at the Walters Art MuseumContinue Reading