Jewish Studies. This academic year (2021-22) the John Rylands Research Institute will
complete the online cataloguing of the codices in Hebrew script in the
Rylands Library Manchester. To mark the occasion the John Rylands
Research Institute and the Manchester University Centre for Jewish
Studies are hosting a series of seminars in autumn 2021 and spring 2022
which will explore aspects of the Rylands Gaster collection, and related
collections. The next seminar in the series is by Dr Stefania
Silvestri, “Not Only Books: Understanding Artefacts in the Rylands
Gaster Collection”. 7 Dec 2021, 2.00-3.30pm, online. Further information.