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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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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
Publication, Performance and Politics: Machiavelli’s Clizia and the Culture of Medicean Florence and Rome – Stephen Bowd
William Stirling (1851–1932), Professor of Physiology: The Combe Trust Lectures, Public Health and the Development of University Medicine – Peter Mohr
The Rejected Façade by Gherardo Silvani (1624): Self-Celebration and Public Spaces in Early Modern Florence – Carlo Scapecchi
Access to Email Archives at the John Rylands Library: Two Qualitative Surveys of Email Authors and Researchers – Jessica Smith and Victoria Stobo
James Joyce and Manchester: Cotton, Colonialism and Africa in Ulysses – Terry Wyke