Tag: Manuscripts
Photo a Day #05
Elizabeth Gaskell’s House reopens today! Visit the website for more info here. You can also view some of Elizabeth Gaskell’sContinue Reading
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
Inaugural Lecture of the John Rylands Research Institute: Professor Ann Blair
Ann Blair, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at Harvard University, delivered the inaugural John Rylands Research Institute Lecture, Script,Continue Reading
The Papers of Herbert Lomas
Just before Christmas, the Rylands acquired the archive of poet Herbert Lomas (1924-2011), who was born 90 years ago today.Continue Reading
A Miscellany
It can be frustrating to find something described as miscellaneous but sometimes that is just what it is. I’d like toContinue 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
The “Herstory” of an Arabic Manuscript
This post tells the life story of an Arabic manuscript of folk tales. The manuscript is not particularly old, norContinue Reading