Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 101/1

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.

An electronic edition of this issue is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

Fred Schurink is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Literature, English and American Studies at the University of Manchester

Rachel Winchcombe is Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Manchester

Huw Twiston Davies is Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Manchester