{"id":1529,"date":"2018-11-12T11:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/jrri-blog\/?p=1529"},"modified":"2018-11-16T10:38:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T10:38:01","slug":"jrri-lilly-library-exchange-fellow-emerson-richards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.manchester.ac.uk\/jrri-blog\/2018\/11\/12\/jrri-lilly-library-exchange-fellow-emerson-richards\/","title":{"rendered":"JRRI-Lilly Library exchange fellow: Emerson Richards"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Emerson Richards is a doctoral candidate at Indiana University<\/strong> Bloomington in the department of Comparative Literature and the Institute for Medieval Studies. Between September and December 2017, Emerson was the JRRI-Lilly Library visiting research fellow. Here, she talks about her experiences at the JRRI and being able to \u2018name\u2019 a medieval manuscript.<\/strong><\/p>\n

During 2017, I was fortunate to be selected as part of the inaugural exchange between the Lilly Library (Indiana University) and the John Rylands Research Institute. I spent four months conducting my research on the thirteenth century Anglo-Norman Apocalypse manuscripts and their cultural context, though Latin 19, a fourteenth century Flemish Apocalypse held in the Rylands, was my focus.<\/p>\n

Both The John Rylands Library and The University of Manchester are truly world-class. The Rylands\u2019 collection of medieval manuscripts, like the Lilly at IU and many other under-serviced special collections, is a trove that needs more research and attention for its important holdings. In addition to the Apocalypse manuscript I was there to see primarily, I was also impressed by the Ottonian Gospel book, a 9thy century illuminated book made for the Holy Roman Emperor himself. The alcove where I conducted my research was located on the second floor of the historic reading room (an area reserved for researchers) and was quite inspirational. I worked there almost every weekday and was also able to work with the Heritage Imaging Team to have Latin 19 digitised and a multi-spectral image of a certain part made. I was also given the honour of naming Latin 19 \u201cThe Manchester Apocalypse\u201d.<\/p>\n

The John Rylands Library is an amazing research facility. In addition to the manuscripts I was able to see, the Rylands also houses quite a bit of secondary material that I had been unable to access in the US. During my stay, I was also able to do some necessary research travel and visited the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge to see another Anglo-Norman Apocalypse manuscript; the Bodleian Library in Oxford to see the Bodleian Apocalypse; and the Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale de France to consult secondary materials.<\/p>\n

I feel like I was so productive under the auspices of the JRRI that I have reapplied to the program and, regardless of the success of my application, I intend to return to Manchester to work on my dissertation. This exchange exceeded all of my expectations and helped me meet my research goals a few times over. I feel like this was really an important experience for me, professional, personally and academically. The research I did at the Rylands is going to enrich my dissertation and the networking will allow me to be a stronger applicant in the UK.<\/p>\n

For more information about opportunities to take part in research exchanges, keep an eye on our website<\/a> or follow us on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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