The John Rylands Library

John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Promoting world-leading research using the unique special collections of @UoMLibrary

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Thursday 9 April, join a Cottonopolis tour with curator Professor Edmond Smith and researcher Dr Jo Tierney.

Drop into to see collections exploring the relationship between trade and consumption.

👥Exhibition tour 1.30-2.00pm.
📖Collection Encounter 2.30-4pm.

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Have you seen our new showcase yet?

Visit the showcase in the foyer of the Main Library on Oxford Road, or have a look at our digital version: https://t.co/9KteSCvk41

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📢 New post on our Teaching & Learning platform! UG student Alexander Martin blog explores the Lou Kushnick archive (1980s–90s), held at the @aiucentre, to look at how Harold Washington became Chicago’s first Black mayor. Link: https://t.co/ZSPbKCvbbr

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🐰Easter opening hours🥚

❌Closed Friday 2 April (Good Friday)
✅Open Saturday 4 April
❌Closed as usual on Sunday 5 April

📅Usual opening hours Wednesday-Saturday, 10am-5pm

🐇Rabbit from 15th century Book of Hours (Latin MS 162)

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In our latest blog, placement student Anastasia Eremeeva explores The Eiffel (Eyefull) Tower (1966) by dom sylvester houédard - a striking concrete poem created on a typewriter that blends visual form, wordplay and political critique:
https://t.co/RLFnxO5NTu

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@LiterateIndy Sorry about that. Here is the link: https://t.co/oCNwrU0pda

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Our latest blog explores the history of collectable cigarette cards and how they evolved with changes in British culture.

Popular themes ranged from sports and celebrities to historical facts and imperial military campaigns.

Read the full blog here: https://t.co/YqklpHKiZg

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Today marks the 175th anniversary of the opening of Owens College, a predecessor of the University of Manchester and an early model for the civic ‘Redbrick’ university.

🔍Explore the origins of Owens college through our lastest blog: https://t.co/aRQbBigEja

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Happy International Women’s Day! Today we celebrate Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904) - writer, philosopher, suffrage campaigner and one of the first women in Britain to publish non-fiction.

Explore her story further through our latest blog:
https://t.co/sqLf78ai0H

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In our latest blog, placement student Verity Burton examines botany and empire in the Dutch Golden Age, reflecting on how botanical illustration, global trade and colonial extraction were deeply intertwined.

Read the full blog here: https://t.co/0RqDCynB3K

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From a 13th-century Christian calendar to a debate between a coffee drinker and a smoker, our latest blog explores more highlights from the Rylands’ newly digitised Arabic manuscripts collection.

Discover via Manchester Digital Collections:
https://t.co/zO1vboajIJ

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We're excited to be collaborating with @ransomcenter for this exhibition that will see objects from our special collections travelling to Austin, Texas.

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Our next exhibition, Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt, opens April 11. Developed in collaboration with @TheJohnRylands, this exhibition brings to life the voices of Greco-Roman Egyptians through rare papyrus manuscripts rarely seen by the public. More: https://t.co/mmjXQa1Kq2

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What is this strange-looking blockbook? Known as the ‘Ars memorandi’ (Art of Memory) it was designed to aid readers in remembering the Gospels of the New Testament in the Bible by means of metaphorical symbols.

Explore the book in a new blog post: https://t.co/D3sZmOVUMx

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Today marks the 75th anniversary of the arrival of the Ferranti Mark I - the world’s first commercial digital computer delivered to a customer.

Explore its impact, from research to games, music, and Manchester’s role in shaping modern computing: https://t.co/19BMZfCwXc

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A is for alphabet. B is for books. X is where things get interesting!

A new online exhibition exploring wacky ABCs from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Explore how the alphabet learned to misbehave: https://t.co/BSpfaLR0ml

Curated by Dr Susana Sánchez González.

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A selection of Arabic manuscripts from the John Rylands Library are now available online via Manchester Digital Collections, including early Qurʿanic manuscripts, richly illuminated muṣḥafs, and rare translated texts.

Read the blog post here: https://t.co/tED9hqjTNs

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Newly catalogued correspondence at UoM's Main Library reveals the experiences of Edgar Woodall, who served with the Royal Army Medical Corps during WWI, working in casualty clearing stations and field ambulance units on the Western Front.

Blog: https://t.co/5yCNkOxtxl

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Readers have been welcomed at the Rylands since the library opened 126 years ago.

The collections remain open and available to all. You can apply online to become a reader to access the collections: https://t.co/fqkm5wpj9H

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Where can you find outstanding historical maps of Japan? Revisit our #NCCSpotlight by Dr. Sonia Favion on @TheJohnRylands collection @OfficialUoM to find world maps, provincial & regional maps, political maps, maps of spiritual sites, and more! 🗺️🗾 https://t.co/w3cykASr0G

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Happy New Year!

Today is also our 126th birthday. The Rylands opened to the public on 1 January 1900. Since then, millions of people from Manchester and around the world have visited, studied and worked here.

We’re open from Wednesday 7 January and we can’t wait to see you.