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Photo a Day #06
Happy 139th wedding anniversary to Mr&Mrs Rylands! This bible was given to Enriqueta by her husband John on their wedding day.
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The John Rylands Seminar on Print and Materiality in the Early Modern World –...
The 2014/15 seminar series gets underway this week. Our first seminar session is on Thursday 9th October at 5pm. Our speakers are: Dr Guyda Armstrong, Manchester, ‘Boccaccio and the Italian Novella...
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Photo a day #07
Manchester Literature Festival has started! Here’s some food for thought!
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Photo a day #08
We’re hosting some of the Harmonious Society exhibits as part of the Asia Triennial Manchester 2014. This is a beautiful historic Chinese painting from our collections, of people producing silk.
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Photo a day #09
It’s World Post Day! Here are some stunning postcards celebrating Christmas and New Year from a scrapbook all about Buffalo Bill. To see more images from the scrapbook visit here.
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Photo a day #10
Its Black History Month, here is a coloured map of the world illustrating why slavery is poor economics.
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Photo a Day #12
The second in our series of Chinese paintings to mark the Asia Triennial Manchester Harmonious Society exhibition at The John Rylands. This is a painting of a man selling musical instruments, flutes...
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Wesley Figures See The Light!
Rylands Collection of John Wesley scultpure. The Visual Collections Department have recently rehoused some of the Wesley ceramics and sculpture that the Library holds. These figures have been moved...
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Photo a Day #13
Today is the launch of The John Rylands Research Institute. Did you see this image in the news recently? One of our researchers discovered an extremely rare early Christian charm. This 1,500 year-old...
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Photo a Day #14
This is the smallest book in the world!! Here is a photo of the one from our collections.
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Photo a Day #15
Siege of Troy. Book three: Hector and Paris fight Achilles and Diomedes
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Library acquires an autograph John Wesley letter, lost to public view since...
Gareth Lloyd writes: The Library has recently purchased from a private owner a significant handwritten letter written by the Methodist leader John Wesley (1703-91). The letter, which is dated 8 August...
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Photo a Day #17
To mark International Day for the Eradication of Poverty a Victorian image of Hope from illustrator Walter Crane.
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Photo a day special update #18 – #31!
Happy Halloween! Join us on The Ride Through The Murky Air! This 19th century illustration shows a witch and passenger flying through the air on a broomstick. Trick or treat? Bookworm alert! The final...
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Let The John Rylands Library inspire your Mo!
#jrlphotoaday continues with a distinctly moustachioed theme! Every day throughout November, The John Rylands Library is sharing images from our collections to inspire and motivate all those taking...
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The John Rylands Seminar on Print and Materiality in the Early Modern World –...
The John Rylands Seminar on Print and Materiality in the Early Modern World will continue this week with a seminar by the eminent historian Professor Peter Marshall. Friday 7 November 2014, 3.30-5.00...
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Movember at The John Rylands Library
Preparing the moustache: thread sewn in plastazote Adhesion of plastazote to the moustache Moustache propped and ready to go! The Collection Care department in The John Rylands Library has the main...
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Mid-way through #Movember!
We’re at the mid-way point with our #jrlphotoaday support for #Movember and have had a great response to the images on social media, from members of the public in the library and from staff too. We...
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