Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 97/2

by Stephen Mossman (Editor), Cordelia Warr (Editor)

Overview

The 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526164315
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	12/22/2021
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	6.77(w) x 9.76(h) x 0.34(d)

About the Author

Stephen Mossman is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of Manchester
Cordelia Warr is Senior Lecturer in Art History at the University of Manchester

Table of Contents

1 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4 A Dutch Book of Hours in the John Rylands Library (Dutch MS 16): An Unpublished Manuscript Illuminated by the Master of the Haarlem Bible – Natalija Ganina and James H. Marrow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