Jamie Robinson
@rylandsesoterica.bsky.social
Manager of the Rylands Heritage Imaging Lab
Multispectral | Photometric Stereo | 3D | Heritage Imaging
@thejohnrylands.bsky.social University of Manchester
Multispectral | Photometric Stereo | 3D | Heritage Imaging
@thejohnrylands.bsky.social University of Manchester
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Parent Work Title: Mappemonde
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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
#map #heritageimaging #RHIL #conservation
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...
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest
FROG POND PLOP
new animated #3d on @sketchfab.bsky.social model of Dom Sylvester Houédard's famous poem
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...
skfb.ly
August 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
FROG POND PLOP
new animated #3d on @sketchfab.bsky.social model of Dom Sylvester Houédard's famous poem
new animated #3d on @sketchfab.bsky.social model of Dom Sylvester Houédard's famous poem
@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
rylandscollections.com
July 31, 2025 at 2:19 PM
@thejohnrylands.bsky.social New Early European Print collection LIVE TOADY!
Yes, yes she should.
Manchester Museum asks visitors if Egyptian woman’s body should be taken off display
Asru, who lived 2,700 years ago, has been on display for two centuries but museum is trying to ‘decolonise’ exhibits
www.theguardian.com
July 16, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Yes, yes she should.
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!
Come explore the world seen through the eyes of a French renaissance king!
July 9, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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!
Come explore the world seen through the eyes of a French renaissance king!
Papped in my natural habitat @thejohnrylands.bsky.social by @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Behind the scenes at the John Rylands Library
Kit Roberts ventures into the furthest reaches of The John Rylands Library as it celebrates its 125th birthday
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Papped in my natural habitat @thejohnrylands.bsky.social by @manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Rylands Next Chapter project featured on @news.architectsjournal.co.uk
Donald Insall upgrades and refreshes Manchester’s John Rylands Library
The £7.6 million transformation of the Grade I-listed library is a collaboration with Nissen Richards Studio as exhibition designer
www.architectsjournal.co.uk
July 4, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Rylands Next Chapter project featured on @news.architectsjournal.co.uk
Reposted by Jamie Robinson
Learn more about this and other Suffragette collections in this blog post:
rylandscollections.com/2025/03/08/v...
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.
rylandscollections.com
July 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Learn more about this and other Suffragette collections in this blog post:
rylandscollections.com/2025/03/08/v...
rylandscollections.com/2025/03/08/v...
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
#map #heritageimaging #RHIL #conservation
Parent Work Title: Mappemonde
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luna.manchester.ac.uk
July 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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
#map #heritageimaging #RHIL #conservation
@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
July 2, 2025 at 7:17 AM
@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
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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June 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#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
Great work by @tonyrichards.bsky.social
@sketchfab.bsky.social
Reposted by Jamie Robinson
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…
rylandscollections.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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
Reposted by Jamie Robinson
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...
Read all about it in our latest blog post: rylandscollections.com/2025/06/06/d...
June 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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...
Read all about it in our latest blog post: rylandscollections.com/2025/06/06/d...
Reposted by Jamie Robinson
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
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
June 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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
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
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…
rylandscollections.com
May 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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
Not one, but TWO full days of Dante action at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social !
sign up and info for day one - shorturl.at/rSxGT
sign up and info for day two - shorturl.at/6zA9W
#RHIL #Rylands #Dante
sign up and info for day one - shorturl.at/rSxGT
sign up and info for day two - shorturl.at/6zA9W
#RHIL #Rylands #Dante
May 2, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Not one, but TWO full days of Dante action at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social !
sign up and info for day one - shorturl.at/rSxGT
sign up and info for day two - shorturl.at/6zA9W
#RHIL #Rylands #Dante
sign up and info for day one - shorturl.at/rSxGT
sign up and info for day two - shorturl.at/6zA9W
#RHIL #Rylands #Dante
F**K this shit!
Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads
Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles
www.theguardian.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
F**K this shit!
Wonderful selection of Ethiopic manuscripts from the collection at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social some of which have contested provenance, looted at the battle of Maqdala in 1868. #RHIL
Ethiopic Manuscripts
Ethiopic Manuscripts collection.
www.digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk
April 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Wonderful selection of Ethiopic manuscripts from the collection at @thejohnrylands.bsky.social some of which have contested provenance, looted at the battle of Maqdala in 1868. #RHIL
Reposted by Jamie Robinson
Chag Purim sameach 🎉 Purim celebrates the story of Esther and one of the rarest Esther scrolls is at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
It's gone through conservation over the past two years and you can read our blog on it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/news_feed/th...
#Purim
It's gone through conservation over the past two years and you can read our blog on it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/news_feed/th...
#Purim
Collection Encounter: The Megillah at the Rylands - Hidden Treasures
celebratingjewisharchives.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Chag Purim sameach 🎉 Purim celebrates the story of Esther and one of the rarest Esther scrolls is at The John Rylands Research Institute and Library.
It's gone through conservation over the past two years and you can read our blog on it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/news_feed/th...
#Purim
It's gone through conservation over the past two years and you can read our blog on it here: celebratingjewisharchives.org/news_feed/th...
#Purim
The @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Historic Sri Guru Granth Sahib ceremoniously leaving the library to be venerated at a #Manchester Gurdwara. We've been working closely to conserve, digitise and look after the #Guru with the #Sikh community #RHIL
Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ceremony, Leaving the Library
YouTube video by John Rylands Research Institute and Library
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April 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The @thejohnrylands.bsky.social Historic Sri Guru Granth Sahib ceremoniously leaving the library to be venerated at a #Manchester Gurdwara. We've been working closely to conserve, digitise and look after the #Guru with the #Sikh community #RHIL
Great post including the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social 'Borgia' Map.
We have updated the images of the map just this week, including a colour shaded render depth map version from our Photometric Stereo system, made from 384 images - shorturl.at/tCVmQ
#RHIL #Culturalheritage #Digitisation #map
We have updated the images of the map just this week, including a colour shaded render depth map version from our Photometric Stereo system, made from 384 images - shorturl.at/tCVmQ
#RHIL #Culturalheritage #Digitisation #map
Materiality and the Limits of Internet Research: The “Borgia Map” and Its Facsimiles — Mapping as Process
Challenging the received wisdom about the 1797 facsimile of a fifteenth-century mappamundi made from metal with enamel inlay proves not to be as easy as I had thought, and I hit the limits of the st...
www.mappingasprocess.net
April 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Great post including the @thejohnrylands.bsky.social 'Borgia' Map.
We have updated the images of the map just this week, including a colour shaded render depth map version from our Photometric Stereo system, made from 384 images - shorturl.at/tCVmQ
#RHIL #Culturalheritage #Digitisation #map
We have updated the images of the map just this week, including a colour shaded render depth map version from our Photometric Stereo system, made from 384 images - shorturl.at/tCVmQ
#RHIL #Culturalheritage #Digitisation #map
Reposted by Jamie Robinson
In the 14th century, someone who didn't have a highlighter handy thought to use octopus tentacles to mark the most important parts. I love it so much
(Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)
(Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)
March 31, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In the 14th century, someone who didn't have a highlighter handy thought to use octopus tentacles to mark the most important parts. I love it so much
(Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)
(Manuscript from the Bankcroft library, UC Berkeley)