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Find out more about what is happening in the John Rylands Library and the John Rylands Research Institute on our blogs.
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Heraldry for German Princes by a Prince amongst German Painters
John Hodgson
21 February 2019
Continuing the theme of our previous blog post, Dr Ben Pope of the University of Tübingen writes about his recent …Continue reading →
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Unknown Cranach Work Discovered in the John Rylands Library
John Hodgson
18 February 2019
Issue 94.2 of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, published by Manchester University Press, contains a very special article by …Continue reading →
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The Hidden Gems of dsh
clutterbuck12
18 February 2019
Post by Karen Jacques and Clare Baker, Collections Assistants at the John Rylands Library: Over the last 12 months we’ve …Continue reading →
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Opening up the Peterloo Collections at the University of Manchester Library
John Hodgson
7 February 2019
Dr Janette Martin writes: The University of Manchester Library has digitised a second tranche of unique documents and rare printed …Continue reading →
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A comprehensive variety: the Chinese collections
juliannesimpson
5 February 2019
From May to November 2018, Johannes Lotze worked on the library’s Chinese collections and produced a report covering the collection …Continue reading →
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“Good Blood, Bad Blood”: A Petite Exhibit on Menstruation in the Rylands Gallery #2
Charlotte Hoare
1 February 2019
This is the second of two blog posts to accompany a display in Rylands Gallery. The first post focused on …Continue reading →
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Hidden Histories in John Rylands: LGBTQAI Icons
jassthethi
28 January 2019
This blog post will explore some of the LGBTQIA+ community in the John Rylands Special Collections! Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste …Continue reading →
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The Very Visible Suffragettes
aanderton
22 January 2019
The greatest impulse of the suffragettes was to create a disturbance. To make themselves seen and heard so that the …Continue reading →
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The Pilkingtons: A Family on the Edge
clutterbuck12
17 January 2019
Written by Angela Petyt-Whittaker and Lorraine Coughlan, Specialist Library Assistants from the Reading Room at The John Rylands Library. Continuing …Continue reading →
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Early Career Research Fellow: Kate Gibson
Sarah May
10 January 2019
The post Early Career Research Fellow: Kate Gibson appeared first on John Rylands Research Institute.
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