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Detail. Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript on amatl. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
Detail of a pool with two animals inside it, from the Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript

Detail of a mthing shog (blue-black) manuscript containing the Praise to 21 Taras. Private collection of R. Spelker.
Detail of a mthing shog (blue-black) manuscript containing the Praise to 21 Taras, showing colourful border lines and gold text in a display script. Private collection of R. Spelker.

Detail of a 19th-20th-c. manual for divination and astrology ('Bras rtsis vai dkar dgongs don dri med kun phan me long) in dBu can script. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan M11
Detail of a 19th-20th-c. manual for divination and astrology showing small red boxes and text divisions filled with text

Decorative and protective cloth ‘robe’ and ‘belt’ wrapped around 2 pothi-style manuscripts. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00055 and MSS 00056.
Decorative and protective cloth ‘robe’ and ‘belt’ wrapped around 2 pothi-style manuscripts. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00055 and MSS 00056.

Head of Special Collections, David Fernandez, delivers the introduction to the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto.
David Fernandez giving opening remarks at a podium, at the Ethiopic Book Heritage Event

A Dino-Lite digital microscope’s ultraviolet and near infrared settings reveal a repair made to an early printed copy of the Arba’ah Turim (Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Friedberg 00131). Photo: Jessica Lockhart
Comparison of a copy of the Arba’ah Turim under ultraviolet and near infrared light using a Dino-Lite digital microscope revealing a repair made to the manuscript.

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Poster for "Celebrating Ethiopic Book Heritage" event, with detail of an angelic figure from an amulet scroll.

Brianna Dagostino (Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation) at the quillwork workshop led by artist Vanessa Dion Fletcher (Eelunaapeewi Lahkeewiit).
Brianna Dagostino smiling and holding up quillwork.
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