Travels through Tokugawa Japan
Dr Sonia Favi explores the travel literature of early modern Japan.
Tag: Research
A turn-up for the book(s)
Reader Services Assistant, Angela Petyt-Whittaker, reveals a most surprising find… Whilst working in The John Rylands Library for the pastContinue Reading
John Goodwin on Zechariah 13:3
Lawrence Rabone, PhD student studying seventeenth-century Jewish-Christian relations, shares some findings from his research as John Rylands Library Research Affiliate.Continue 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
The Manchester Geographical Society (MGS) Map Cataloguing Project
The Manchester Geographical Society (MGS) was launched on 21st October 1884 with a meeting in the Free Trade Hall in Manchester,Continue Reading
Improvements to the Special Collections Reading Room
Over the summer we’ll be refurbishing the Special Collections Reading Room here at The John Rylands Library. The refurbishment willContinue Reading
Discovering Old Treasures: Wesley College Bristol library
Work has begun on cataloguing the library of Wesley College Bristol which contains more than 3,500 early printed books andContinue Reading
Using facial recognition techniques to compare portraits associated with Shakespeare
Portrait of a Young Man, referred to as the Grafton portrait, held in the John Rylands Library, is by anContinue Reading
Newberry Library/JRRI Joint Fellowship 2017/2018 – applications invited
The Newberry Library-John Rylands Research Institute Joint Fellowship provides two months of support for a scholar to be in residenceContinue Reading
Manchester’s treasure trove: Dr Laure Humbert reflects on tips and treasures when using the John Rylands Library
With permission, we reproduce a recent post by Dr Laure Humbert, Lecturer in Modern History, on the History@Manchester blog: As a historian workingContinue Reading