Norman Identity in Capetian France (1204-c.1337): The Chronique de Normandie and Établissements de Rouen PhD researcher, Alexander Hurlow, discusses the Rylands' copy of the 'Chronique de Normandie', and how his JRRI funded MA helped to lay the groundwork for his...
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ECR Spotlight: Catherine Evans
Early Modern Sermons and Annotations By Catherine Evans Last summer, I was granted an Early Career Research Fellowship at the John Rylands Library and spent two months working with the library holdings of annotated and manuscript early modern sermons. I’ve worked on...
Geographical visions of Tokugawa Japan (1603-1868) in the John Rylands Library
Dr Sonia Favi is a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow, who works on Tokugawa period (1603-1868) Japanese history. She is currently using primary sources such as administrative and commercial maps, travel guides, pictorial representations of travel (especially ukiyo-e...
Ancient Letter Collections Project (and how you can help!)
Professor Andrew Morrison is Professor of Greek at The University of Manchester, and is co-director of The Manchester Centre for Correspondence Studies, which was awarded a JRRI collaboration grant in 2019/20. The MCCS developed out of the Manchester Lives and...
‘thou shalt slepe well’: Provoking Sleep in the First English Printed Herbal
Dr Stephen Gordon is currently a Teaching Fellow at Royal Holloway, University of London. He has researched widely on the relationship between medical and supernatural beliefs in the pre-modern world. Stephen’s blog post details part of his preliminary research for...
Paper Heads and Forceps: Modelling Midwifery Practice in the Early Nineteenth Century
Dr Rebecca Whiteley is the Shreeve Fellow in the History of Medicine, John Rylands Research Institute, University of Manchester. Her research focuses on the visual and material culture of pregnancy and midwifery in the nineteenth century. She is currently researching...
ECR spotlight: Drew Thomas
Drew Thomas was a JRRI Early Career Fellow from May-June 2019. Here he talks about his research into the counterfeit book trade:If you have ever visited the beautiful historic reading room at the John Rylands Library, you may have noticed the many statues carved into...
Drawing Letters: Ruskin at the Rylands
Dr Luke Uglow, Lecturer in Art History, University of Manchester - held a John Rylands Research Institute pilot grant, summer 2018. Where to begin when writing about John Ruskin? The great Victorian art critic and social reformer was both precise and cryptic,...
Advanced Imaging techniques, supporting research with Special Collections
The Imaging team offer a suite of Advanced Imaging techniques to support innovative and multidisciplinary research with our Special Collections. Advanced Imaging supports researchers to interrogate the physical attributes and contents of our Special Collections, using...
The Making of an Anti-Slavery Anthology: Mary-Anne Rawson and ‘The Bow in the Cloud’ (Part 1)
Christopher Ohge (Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London) Part 1 A Definitive Object, a Solidity of Purpose "The plan appears to me very promising, and I hope, and that its success will further the amiable design of its...
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