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
This Freedom of the City of Manchester scroll presented to Mrs Enriqueta Rylands in October 1899. Mrs Rylands built theContinue Reading
Ann Blair, Henry Charles Lea Professor of History at Harvard University, delivered the inaugural John Rylands Research Institute Lecture, Script,Continue Reading
Just before Christmas, the Rylands acquired the archive of poet Herbert Lomas (1924-2011), who was born 90 years ago today.Continue Reading
It can be frustrating to find something described as miscellaneous but sometimes that is just what it is. I’d like toContinue Reading
This floor plan, made in Sumeria in the Ur III period (circa 2100-2000 BC), is currently on display in theContinue Reading
This post tells the life story of an Arabic manuscript of folk tales. The manuscript is not particularly old, norContinue Reading
CLICK for an animated gif showing the sequence of the light panels across the spectrum, from UV through visible toContinue Reading
The John Rylands Library has recently agreed to contribute high quality images and metadata of its Genizah Collection to the Friedberg Genizah ProjectContinue Reading
We are excited to announce that the John Rylands Library Cuneiform collection is now available online via the Cuneiform Digital LibraryContinue Reading
Several of our Latin manuscripts have recently been fully digitised at the request of Professor Kate Cooper, in support ofContinue Reading