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Book SynopsisThe John Rylands Library houses one of the finest collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives in the world. The collections span five millennia and cover a wide range of subjects, including art and archaeology; economic, social, political, religious and military history; literature, drama and music; science and medicine; theology and philosophy; travel and exploration. For over a century, the
Bulletin of the John Rylands Library has published research that complements the Library’s special collections. The editors invite the submission of articles in these fields and welcome discussion of in-progress projects.
Table of ContentsSacred, Profane, Troublesome, Adventurous: The Lexicon Cyrilli across Ages and Manuscripts – Dimitrios Papanikolaou
‘With the Lady of Coucy’: Noble Communities and the Completion of the Psalter-Hours John Rylands Library Latin MS 117 – Richard Leson
John Goodwin on Zechariah 13:3: Toleration, Supersessionism and Judeo-Centric Eschatology – Lawrence Rabone
Framing the Enemy: Gaspard Bouttats’s Collage Portraits for Prudencio de Sandoval’s Historia de la vida y hechos del Emperador Carlos V in the Whitworth Collection – Margit Thøfner
‘Amongst stuffed beasts and fire-buckets’: Women and University Spaces at Owens College, Manchester 1883–1900 – Joanne Young
The Manchester Medical Students Gazette: A Resource for Medical Historians – Peter D. Mohr
Light, Vision and Observation in Norman Nicholson’s Topographical Notes – Max Long
