Images of Martyrdom in an Early Modern Pilgrim’s Narrative
Visiting Early Career Research Fellow, Dr Emily Price, examines William Lithgow’s account of torture at the hands of the Spanish Inquisition.
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Chinese Bible Translation and Printing: Qing to Republic
Anastasiia Akulich explores the history of Bible translation and printing in China from the Qing Empire to the People’s Republic.
Digital Collections Internship – part 3 -SPOTLIGHT on Ishmael Armstrong
In Part 3 of our Digital Collections Internship series, Ishmael Armstrong shares his photographic response to images from the Rylands Digital Collections.
Speaking to angels: Charaktêres in Jewish magical manuscripts – Part II
In the first part of this blog, I introduced the magical signs called charaktêres that you can encounter in Jewish magical manuscripts. OriginallyContinue Reading
Speaking to angels: Charaktêres in Jewish magical manuscripts – Part I
“[To gain] favour and grace, write on your right hand these seals [ḥotamot], then wipe them with olive oil, andContinue Reading
Artist Residency reflections – music inspired by the Alan Turing Archive.
Dr Joshua Brown is a composer, of instrumental and vocal music, from Rossendale in East Lancashire (www.joshuabrowncomposer.com). He was Artist in Residence at the John Rylands Research Institute from 2019/20. He completed his PhD in Composition at the University of Manchester with Professor Philip Grange in 2018, and he is currently Lecturer in Composition at the University of Manchester, and composition tutor at the Junior Royal Northern College of Music.
Cataloguing Persian Manuscripts at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library
Jake Benson, Research Associate discusses his work of cataloguing the roughly 1,000 Persian manuscripts that are held in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library’s collections.
Rosie’s Reflections on a Writing Residency
Rosie Garland writes: It’s been an amazing year. What an honour to be Inaugural Writer-in-Residence at The John Rylands Library.Continue Reading
Thirty Years Ago Today: Reflections on Changes at the John Rylands Library
Thirty years ago today, a newly qualified archivist started working at the John Rylands Library, on what was meant toContinue Reading
Collection Spotlight: The Mark Warner Photography Collection
In this post on the John Rylands Research Institute blog, Anne Anderton writes: The University of Manchester Library has recentlyContinue Reading