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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 Contents1 Dead Letter Office? Making Sense of Greek Letter Collections – A. D. Morrison
2 The Cronica bona et compendiosa and Shorter Fourteenth-Century Histories of England – Trevor Russell Smith
3 The 1405 Richard Scrope Execution Verses (Long Version): Poetic History – David R. Carlson
4 A Dutch Book of Hours in the John Rylands Library (Dutch MS 16): An Unpublished Manuscript Illuminated by the Master of the Haarlem Bible – Natalija Ganina and James H. Marrow
5 Patterns of Piety in Manchester, John Rylands Library, Latin MS 165 – Martin Thompson
6 The Circulation of Menasseh ben Israel’s Works in Puritan Libraries in England: The Testimony of Late-Seventeenth-Century Library Auction Catalogues – Lawrence Rabone
