The oldest known surviving copy of The Odyssey was on display at the film's junket. It is over 1,700 years old.
Jamie Robinson
@rylandsesoterica.bsky.social
Manager of the Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab Multispectral | Photometric Stereo | 3D | Heritage Imaging @thejohnrylands.bsky.social University of Manchester
The oldest known surviving copy of Homer’s epic (circa 200–400 CE) joins ‘THE ODYSSEY’ press junket in New York, courtesy of The John Rylands Library at The University of Manchester. Experience Christopher Nolan’s film in theaters July 17. #TheOdyssey #ChristopherNolan
I don’t talk about my work much here, but this was a highlight from today’s THE ODYSSEY press junket (in addition to talking w/Nolan and cast): a page from The Manchester Odyssey, the oldest surviving copy of Homer’s poem. 3rd century CE. Fascinating to see & learn about from the historian on hand.
I'll be speaking at this @uomcreativemcr.bsky.social event introducing a new project I'm initiating, the Cultural Instution Heritage Imaging Network at @manchester.ac.uk
The Hidden Architecture: Systems that Shape Research Culture
Join us for an informal research café exploring how the infrastructures available dictate the boundaries of the research done.
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Thanks to Gurtek Singh & @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social for speaking to #RLUKICIL about a collab between Manchester’s Sikh community & @uomlibrary.bsky.social & challenges of addressing colonial collections. Chair: @erikadelbecque.bsky.social 📺Watch a recording @ www.rluk.ac.uk/icil-on-dema...
🟠 #RLUKICIL | Sikh Heritage in Colonial Collections | 🗓️ 18 May Gurtek Singh & @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social will share collaborative project between Manchester’s Sikh community & @uomlibrary.bsky.social & discuss challenges of addressing colonial collections within the library 🎟 at bit.ly/RLUKICIL
If you want to know more about what we do at the Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab, check out our new profile on @manchester.ac.uk Research platform
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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 symbols in the book in a new blog post: https://ow.ly/Yu0b50YeevW
Putting on an exhibition with the absolutely amazing students from Pinc College next week. Open to everyone 1:30-3:30 in the Rylands event space. Come on down!!
The John Rylands Library@thejohnrylands.bsky.social · 9mo ago✨MEMORIES, COLLECTIONS AND THE PASSAGE OF TIME✨ We’re proud to announce an upcoming exhibition showcasing work from Pinc College's partnership with Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab. The project has been shaped by students visits, workshops, and conversations with the John Rylands team.
My first dedicated event for the new project! In collaboration with the amazing @aiucentre.bsky.social for the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social, 12-1, on 12 Feb. Free and online. More information and booking link here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
Exploring Diaspora Dreams and Everyday Life
Exploring Diaspora Dreams and Everyday Life in the Ahmed Iqbal Ullah RACE Centre and Education Trust Archive
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The imaging special edition of the Bulletin of the John Rylands Library is now published! Read it for FREE, fully open access via @manchesterup.bsky.social www.manchesterhive.com/view/journal...
...and we have many of these manuals @thejohnrylands.bsky.social @manchester.ac.uk! Wonderful to see our @historians.org American Historical Review article sparking wider discussions across disciplines! @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social @uomhistdept.bsky.social
Laura Howes@laurahowes.bsky.social · 11mo agoDo you have recipe books with annotations and stains on the most popular pages? Me too, and so does the University of Manchester. Except their recipe books are medieval medical manuals. @bethanyhalford.bsky.social for @cenmag.bsky.social 🧪 #chemsky cen.acs.org/analytical-c...
VERY excited to see the forthcoming @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Bulletin special journal issue available for pre-order: shorturl.at/jWDap Edited by @rylandsesoterica.bsky.social & myself, we showcase stunning projects to discuss the extent to which imaging innovation transforms heritage studies
Manchester University Press - Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2
Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2 - Browse and buy the Paperback edition of Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/2 by Stefan Hanß
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Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest
Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest
The long read: The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and introduces his essay on decolonisatio...
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FROG POND PLOP new animated #3d on @sketchfab.bsky.social model of Dom Sylvester Houédard's famous poem
Frog, Pond, Plop by dsh - 3D model by The John Rylands Research Institute and Library (@TheJohnRylandsLibrary)
The Rylands holds an important example by a British pioneer of Concrete poetry, the poem ‘Frog, Pond, Plop’ by Dominic Sylvester Houedard (dsh). This is a re-working of a haiku by 17th century Japan...
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@thejohnrylands.bsky.social New Early European Print collection LIVE TOADY!
Rylands BlogIntroducing the Early European Print collection
John Gandy, Incunabula Cataloguer at the John Rylands Library, talks about the newly published early printing collection on Manchester Digital Collections
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This Friday 11th July from 12pm I will be introducing a newly produced full size reproduction of the stunning world map from 1546 we have been busy with at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Come explore the world seen through the eyes of a French renaissance king!
Learn more about this and other Suffragette collections in this blog post: rylandscollections.com/2025/03/08/v...
Rylands BlogVotes For Women! Making Light Of The Fight
The first blog in our series on Votes for Women, in honour of International Women’s Day.
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BIG news coming, but a sneak peak at a recent project at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social - the 1546 Mappemonde has been under some close scrutiny! New #imaging means the original 43mp image is now an astonishing *552 megapixels* the detail is extraordinary! #map #heritageimaging #RHIL #conservation
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@thejohnrylands.bsky.social Batak MS 34 – Oracle Bones Five rib bones with magical script and figures, used as amulets and in divination. Batak Pustaha are magical texts containing magical formula, divinations, recipes and laws, written by tribal magician priests #magic
#Macro #photostacking #3d #photogrammetry on a teeny tiny frog amulet in the Gaster collection. This was worn as protection against maladies especially against diseases of the throat. it's on 17mm long! Great work by @tonyrichards.bsky.social @sketchfab.bsky.social
Gaster Amulet 40b - Amulet for protection - Download Free 3D model by The John Rylands Research Institute and Library (@TheJohnRylandsLibrary)
This is Gaster Amulet 40b, one of two metal pendants in the form of a small frog. This female frog is worn as protection against maladies especially against diseases of the throat. It measures 15mm ...
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Wrote a fun piece about updating the metadata for German MS 3 as part of my MA at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social #TEI #Alchemy #metadata #postgrad
Rylands BlogDecoding & Encoding German MS 3 – Alchemy, Imagery, and Metadata
Manager of the Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab and part-time MA Library and archives student Jamie Robinson introduces his placement creating enhanced metadata for an 18th-century mysterious alchemica…
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What do Joan of Navarre (c.1368 –1437), the importance of books in Late Medieval England, and a long-lost manuscript leaf that has finally been re-united with its original manuscript have to do with each other? Read all about it in our latest blog post: rylandscollections.com/2025/06/06/d...
#AI, #facialrecognition and early photography collections at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social
Exploring metadata creation for early photographs with ChatGPT and DeepFace
The task Following our previous experiments with AI and images we were interested to see whether ChatGPT could be applied to a real world problem. The Langford Brooke Glass Plate Negatives collecti…
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Want to know more about The Secret Public? Join curator Mat Bancroft for a free exhibition tour. Explore the influence of LGBTQ performers and activists on mainstream pop culture. 📅Thursday 5 June, 3pm. No booking required. 📷Gay Power, cover photograph by Diana Davies, 1970
