'Urine' for a treat next Thursday lunch time, as we explore our intriguing medical collections. Find out more: man.ac.uk/7ZfF1N

TODAY 1pm-2pm! Drop into the John Rylands Research Institute and Library Historic Reading Room to explore manuscripts, early printed books and objects from UoM Medical Museum all on the subject of urine in medical diagnosis in our #histmed Collection Bite: tinyurl.com/tv2z4mk

Very excited for the first John Rylands Research Institute and Library Collection Bites with Charlotte Hoare Items on display will look at the diagnosis of urine over time. Urine for a treat! #stillopen #manchesterevents

With huge regret, John Rylands Research Institute and Library and UoM Library buildings close at 5pm today until further notice. But so much to see online. Stay safe.

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New digital collection! 100 more manuscripts from our Hebrew collection now published on Manchester Digital Collections. Codices, scrolls, and colourful marriage contracts... Let researcher Zsófi Buda whet your appetite with a few highlights 👇 Manchester R&T

We invite you to turn the pages of Jewish prayer books from 13th-century France, 15th-century Yemen, and a Passover Haggadah in a 17th-century North-African codex ... digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-HEBREW… ow.ly/z9j050GRH8f ow.ly/Kn4750GRH8i

You also find illustrated Esther scrolls among the new items. This one, probably from 18th-century Austria (spot the two-headed eagle!) includes not only biblical illustrations but also the 12 zodiac signs and an array of birds and flowers. digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-HEBREW…

And if you like illustrations, check out the 29 beautiful marriage contracts (ketubot). This 18th-century ketubah from Tarcento, Italy with cut-out design is one of the few remaining examples of this type of decoration. Can you identify the scenes? digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-HEBREW…

...and study our Karaite manuscripts, like this liturgical codex written in Hebrew and Judeo-Arabic. It is a composite codex from several parts. One of its sections was written by Abraham Kohen for himself in Jerusalem in 1668 (see the colophon!). digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/view/MS-GASTER…