1. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Number JRL022659tr Reference Number Gaster Genizah Fragment L213 Image Title Letter to his father Creator Sedaqa ha-Levi ben Solomon Creator Role Author Date Created 1090-10-28 Description The author is travelling to Acre (Akko in Israel) to take up a post in a synagogue. When he has made some money, he plans to marry a young girl he has met in Tyre (Lebanon). Mounted: 254 x 163mm; paper fragment mounted in glass. Language Code ara (?) Subject Letters Category of Material Archives & Manuscripts Sub-Category Fragments Sub-Category Correspondence Technique Used Scripts (writing) Support Paper Creation Site Middle East Current Repository The University of Manchester Library, U.K. Rights Holder - Image The University of Manchester Library Rights holder - Work The University of Manchester Library Image Creation Technique Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, July 2004 Metadata Language eng-GB

2. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Number JRL050427dc Reference Number English MS 728 Link to Catalogue English Manuscripts Image Title Thackeray preface Parent Work Title Letters of William Makepeace Thackeray, etc. Creator Thackeray, W. M. (William Makepeace) (1811-1863) Creator Role Author Page/Sheet 5 Image Sequence Number 005 Description Fragment of the preface to "Rebecca and Rowena" written by Thackeray but signed in the pseudonym A.M. Titmarsh, and dated Kensington, December 15th. A pen and ink sketch shows the author in bed. Language Code eng-GB Subject English literature Category of Material Archives & Manuscripts Sub-Category Literary manuscripts Technique Used Drawing Technique Used Scripts (writing) Support Paper Time Period Covered 19th Century CE People Covered Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863) Current Repository The University of Manchester Library, U.K. Provenance Private papers Rights Holder - Image The University of Manchester Library Rights holder - Work JRUL Notes Finding aids: M. Tyson, Handlist of English Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1929), and additional volumes by M. Tyson (1935), F. Taylor (1951), and G.A. Matheson and F. Taylor (1977); F. Taylor, Supplementary Handlist of Western Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library (Manchester, 1937), pp. 21-31; card index of autograph collections. Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd) 2005-04-25 Image Creation Technique Digital capture by Gten Metadata Language eng-GB

3. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Number JRL050431dc Reference Number University MS EL B91 F / 1 Image Title Charlotte Brontë letter to Mary Taylor Creator Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 Creator Role Author Date Created 1848-09-04 Page/Sheet 4 Image Sequence Number 004 Description Page from a letter written to Mary Taylor [Polly] by Charlotte Brontë. Mary Taylor sent the letter to Mrs Gaskell after Charlotte's death, and Mrs Gaskell quoted from it in her biography of Charlotte. Language Code eng-GB Subject English literature Subject Letters Category of Material Archives & Manuscripts Sub-Category Correspondence Technique Used Scripts (writing) Support Paper Time Period Covered 19th Century CE People Covered Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 Current Repository The University of Manchester Library, U.K. Rights Holder - Image The University of Manchester Library Rights holder - Work JRUL Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd) 2005-04-25 Image Creation Technique Digital capture by Gten Metadata Language eng-GB

4. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Number JRL050432dc Reference Number University MS EL B91 F / 1 Image Title Charlotte Brontë letter to Mary Taylor Creator Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 Creator Role Author Date Created 1848-09-04 Page/Sheet 5 Image Sequence Number 005 Description Page from a letter written to Mary Taylor [Polly] by Charlotte Brontë. Mary Taylor sent the letter to Mrs Gaskell after Charlotte's death, and Mrs Gaskell quoted from it in her biography of Charlotte. Language Code eng-GB Subject English literature Subject Letters Category of Material Archives & Manuscripts Sub-Category Correspondence Technique Used Scripts (writing) Support Paper Time Period Covered 19th Century CE People Covered Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 Current Repository The University of Manchester Library, U.K. Rights Holder - Image The University of Manchester Library Rights holder - Work JRUL Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd) 2005-04-25 Image Creation Technique Digital capture by Gten Metadata Language eng-GB

5. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Number JRL023034tr Reference Number R4452 Link to Catalogue UoM online catalogue. Image Title Illuminated initial Parent Work Title Epistolae Creator Barzizza, Gasparino, approximately 1360-1431 Creator Role Author Date Created 1470 Publication Details Paris : Ulrich Gering, Martin Crantz and Michael Friburger Page/Sheet 2r Image Sequence Number 002r Description Illustrated: illuminated initial and decorated border. This was the first book printed in France. Language Code lat Subject Letters Subject Printing--History Category of Material Printing Sub-Category Incunable Current Repository The University of Manchester Library, U.K. Rights Holder - Image The University of Manchester Library Rights holder - Work JRUL Image Creation Technique Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, September 2005 Metadata Language eng-GB

6. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Number JRL0701130dc Reference Number GRG/1/1/1/8 Image Title Letter to Ellen Creator Gissing, George (1857-1903) Creator Role Author Date Created 1883-08-09 Page/Sheet 1 Image Sequence Number 001 Description Letter from George Gissing to Ellen, addressed as "Nelly", concerning education. The letter is headed 17 Oakley Crescent, Chelsea. Language Code eng-GB Subject English literature Subject Letters Category of Material Archives & Manuscripts Sub-Category Correspondence Technique Used Scripts (writing) Medium Ink (Black) Support Paper Creation Site England: London: Chelsea Time Period Covered 19th Century CE People Covered Gissing, George, 1857-1903 Item Height 177 mm Item Width 113 mm Current Repository The University of Manchester Library, U.K. Rights Holder - Image JRUL Rights holder - Work IPR restrictions may apply Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd) 2006-11-10 Image Creation Technique Digital capture by Gten Metadata Language eng-GB

7. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Number JRL0701132dc Reference Number GRG/1/1/1/8 Image Title Letter to Ellen Creator Gissing, George (1857-1903) Creator Role Author Date Created 1883-08-09 Page/Sheet 4 Image Sequence Number 004 Description Letter from George Gissing to Ellen, addressed as "Nelly", concerning education. The letter is headed 17 Oakley Crescent, Chelsea. Language Code eng-GB Subject Letters Subject English literature Category of Material Archives & Manuscripts Sub-Category Correspondence Technique Used Scripts (writing) Medium Ink (Black) Support Paper Creation Site England: London: Chelsea Time Period Covered 19th Century CE People Covered Gissing, George, 1857-1903 Item Height 177 mm Item Width 113 mm Current Repository The University of Manchester Library, U.K. Rights Holder - Image JRUL Rights holder - Work IPR restrictions may apply Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd) 2006-11-10 Image Creation Technique Digital capture by Gten Metadata Language eng-GB

8. ------------- Image1 ------------- Field Data Image Number JRL0701131dc Reference Number GRG/1/1/1/8 Image Title Letter to Ellen Creator Gissing, George (1857-1903) Creator Role Author Date Created 1883-08-09 Page/Sheet 2-3 Image Sequence Number 002 Description Letter from George Gissing to Ellen, addressed as "Nelly", concerning education. The letter is headed 17 Oakley Crescent, Chelsea. Language Code eng-GB Subject Letters Subject English literature Category of Material Archives & Manuscripts Sub-Category Correspondence Technique Used Scripts (writing) Medium Ink (Black) Support Paper Creation Site England: London: Chelsea Time Period Covered 19th Century CE People Covered Gissing, George, 1857-1903 Item Height 177 mm Item Width 226 mm (opening) Current Repository The University of Manchester Library, U.K. Rights Holder - Image JRUL Rights holder - Work IPR restrictions may apply Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd) 2006-11-10 Image Creation Technique Digital capture by Gten Metadata Language eng-GB