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Author:   Stefan Hanß ,  James Robinson
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
ISBN:  

9781807070106

ISBN 10:   1807070107
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   16 December 2025
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Imaging Heritage Science Initiatives at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library – Stefan Hanß and James Robinson ‘Fraught with Possibilities of World-Wide Benefit’: Towards a History of Photography at the John Rylands Library – Elizabeth Gow, John Hodgson, Tony Richards and James Robinson Imaging Heritage Featherwork: A New Methodology for the Study of Feather Artefacts – Stefan Hanß, James Robinson and Tony Richards Sri Guru Granth Sahib: Collaboration, Digitisation, Heritage and the Legacy of Colonial Collections – Gurtek Singh and James Robinson Imaging the Gaster Jewish Amulets in the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Manchester – Philip Alexander, James Robinson, Elizabeth Evans, Amin Garbout, Jo Castle, Tony Richards and Ira Rabin The Apocalypse and Biblia Pauperum Blockbooks Bound by Johannes Richenbach in 1467 – Stephen Mossman and Edward Potten The Trier Psalter-Hymnal (Manchester, John Rylands University Library, MS Lat. 116): Palette and Pigments – Richard Gameson and Andrew Beeby -- .

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Stefan Hanß is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Manchester James Robinson is Imaging Manager at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, University of Manchester -- .

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