Incunabula Cataloguing Project. V: An early astronomical calendar and an innovation in book design
A description of Johannes Regiomontanus’ Kalendarium of 1476
Tag: Printed books
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. IV: A collection of speeches and news of new horizons
A closer look at a bound-in volume containing numerous printed orations, among which is news of Portuguese explorations around the coast of Africa
Imaging watermarks
Senior photographer Tony Richards explains their research into imaging paper watermarks.
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. III: Sweynheym and Pannartz, the first printers in Italy
The John Rylands Library holds one of the most complete collections in the world of the first books to be printed in Italy
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. II: The first printed edition of Virgil
A rare and treasured copy of the first edition of the works of the greatest Roman poet
Incunabula Cataloguing Project. I: An introduction to the project
The first post on the Incunabula Cataloguing Project, discussing the cataloguing of our world-class collection of 15th-century printed books.
The National Book League and the house that became “the centre of the world of books”.
A short story about a house, a series of books, a fabulously named organization and a serendipitous find in the stacks.
Hidden Stories: Behind The Night Brother for Museums at Night 2019
Rosie Garland writes: For Museums at Night 2019 at The John Rylands Library, I was invited to work with JessContinue Reading
The Writings of Vavasor Powell in the John Rylands Collection: A Jewish-Christian Encounter
Lawrence Rabone, PhD student studying seventeenth-century Jewish-Christian relations, shares some of his early findings from his research as John RylandsContinue Reading
Undiscovered collections: Guardian Archive Printed Collection
A team from Collection Management has recently completed restoring and cataloguing The Guardian Archive Printed Collection. The majority of the collection, whichContinue Reading