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Aya Van Renterghem in Special Collections

Two rows of five saints standing in a landscape, including Augustine and Barbara (back row), and John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, with a religious canon kneeling to him (front row). Text above and below. Surrounded by a blue-grey border decorated with flowers and flies, and the initials I. G. in gold.

The Decoration of Rylands Latin MS 39: A Fifteenth-Century Prayer Book

Anne Anderton in Special Collections

Detail of Hieroglyphs showing funeral rites and ceremonies

What do we mean by the Manuscript Collections?

The word manuscript has its roots in the Latin manu scriptus, which translates…

Clare Baker in Special Collections

Row of antique volumes, standing upright, on a shelf

What are Special Collections?

There isn’t an easy definition! The University of Manchester Library…