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The John Rylands Library houses one of the finest collections of rare books, manuscripts and archives in the world. The collections span five millennia, have a global reach 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.
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Editorial – Fred Schurink and Huw Twiston Davies
A New Edition of Eleven Fragmentary Neo-Sumerian Texts in the John Rylands Library, University of Manchester – Changyu Liu and Qier Zhang
University of Manchester Library 23025: A Single-Leaf Print of the Crucifixion from a Late Medieval Etched Metal Plate, or a Nineteenth-Century Forgery? – Edward Potten
Adaption and Experimentation: The Evolution of Charles Calvert’s Acting Edition of The Tempest – Ian Martin Nickson
Religious Revival and the Challenge of Evangelical Primitivism: Opposition to the Brethren and Lay Preachers in Ulster after the 1859 Revival – Andrew R. Holmes
Rex Dei Gratia: Mark Hovell’s Forgotten Essay on The Divine Right of Kings – Chris Godden