The John Rylands Library, Manchester: A Brief Historical Description of the Library and Its ContentsUniversity Press, 1914 - 73 pages |
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Page 16 - If God spare my life, ere many years I will cause a boy that driveth the plough shall know more of the Scripture than thou dost.
Page 64 - THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY. ... A brief historical description , of the library and its contents.
Page 68 - . . . . 1563. Reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the John Rylands Library. With an introduction by Percy E. Newbery; and remarks on the vocabulary and dialect, with a glossary by Henry C. Wyld. 1910. 4to, pp. xxxviii, 16.
Page 64 - Catalogue of an Exhibition of Bibles illustrating the history of the English versions from Wiclif to the present time. Including the personal copies of Queen Elizabeth, General Gordon, and Elizabeth Fry. 1904. 8vo, pp. 32. [Out of Print. THE JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY.
Page 65 - CATALOGUE of the Coptic manuscripts in the John Rylands Library. By WE Crum. 1909. 4to, pp. xii, 273. 12 plates of facsimiles, in collotype.
Page 16 - ... it shows the progress and comparative development of the art of printing in a manner that no other single book can. As the art of printing made its way across Europe, the Bible was generally the first, or one of the first, books to be printed by many of the early printers. Four editions of the Bible in Latin, and two great Latin Psalters had appeared in type before a single volume of the classics had been dealt with in a similar way. The earliest printed Bibles were of the Latin Vulgate, and...
Page 71 - Whit-week. 3. Persons desirous of being admitted to read in the Library must apply in writing to the Librarian, specifying their profession or business, their place of abode, and the particular purpose for which they seek admission.* 4. Every such application must be made at least two clear days before admission is required, and must bear the signature and full address of a person of recognised position, whose address can be identified from the ordinary sources of reference, certifying from personal...
Page 68 - METRE, of the Great Marchaunt man called " Dives Pragmaticus ". . . . 1563. Reproduced in facsimile from the copy in the John Rylands Library. With an introduction by Percy E. Newbery; and remarks on the vocabulary and dialect, with a glossary by Henry C. Wyld. 1910.
Page xiii - something for them to sing in the morning," and he retired for that purpose from the table where the Dean and a few friends were sitting, to a distant part of the room. In a short time the Dean enquired, "What have you written " ? Heber having then composed the three first verses read them over. " There, there, that will do very well," said the Dean, " No, no, the sense is not complete,
Page xiii - On Whitsunday, 1819, the late Dr. Shipley, Dean of St. Asaph and Vicar of Wrexham, preached a sermon in Wrexham Church in aid of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. That day was also fixed upon for the commencement of the Sunday evening lectures intended to be established in...