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Fold book - a copy of rtsa gsum rab 'byams rgya mtshor mchod pa’i rnam bshad, a ritual text used during tantric sadhana practice. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00051.
A paper fold book containing ritual text used during tantric sadhana practice, sitting on red fabric wrapping. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00051.

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An 18th-c. Yiddish prayer, hand-set by Noam Sienna using type from the Balinson Collection, Massey College Bibliography Room, University of Toronto.
Close-up view of an 18th-c. Yiddish prayer in hand-set type from the Balinson Collection.

‘Papermaker’s tears’ on the edge of a 15th-c. copy of the Arba'ah Turim, printed by the Ibn Nahmias brothers in Istanbul — the earliest Hebrew printing outside of Europe. ChL1850X, Pierpont Morgan Library, NY.
Close-up view of ‘Papermaker’s tears’ on the edge of a 15th-c. copy of the Arba'ah Turim manuscript.
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