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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

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.

Detail of a sewn book - an 18th-c. medical compendium (sman yig gces bsdus). Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00029.
Detail of a sewn book - an 18th-c. medical compendium (sman yig gces bsdus). Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00029.

Thinley Gyatso (U Toronto) reading a woodblock-printed pothi-style book at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
2.3 HIMALAYAS_Thinley Gyatso Fisher Tibetan books oct 202225 (1) (1).jpeg

Sewn binding on a Tibetan compilation of biographical and folklore texts in the MacDonald collection. Tibetan MSS 00055 and 00056, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
2.2 29Tibetan Fisher M55 and M56 Macdonald coll. stitched books photos incomplete binding only.jpeg

A Sikkimese manuscript with ritual thumbprint on the opening leaf. A collection of treasure texts containing meditative and ritual practices (rDa rje snying po sprin gyi thol glu), 19th c.. Tibetan MSS 00033, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
2.1 856Tibetan Fisher M33 Macdonald coll. SIKKIM.jpeg

Dino-lite magnification imaging on a Nepalese Pañcarakṣā sūtra. MSS 00015, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto
1.11 Copy of 5A.A&S_Old Book New Science and Fisher Rare Books_Feb 2023_Volpe-38 (2) (1).jpg

A sewn book. MSS 00012, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
1.10 Tibetan Fisher M12 Macdonald coll. stitched book.jpeg

A Nepalese fold book containing both Buddhist and Hindu texts, (Hymns to Sarasvati and the Navagraha), illustrating the coexistence of different faith communities within the Kathmandu Valley. Martha Cunningham collection, Thomas Fisher Rare Book…
A Nepalese fold book containing both Buddhist and Hindu texts, (Hymns to Sarasvati and the Navagraha), illustrating the coexistence of different faith communities within the Kathmandu Valley. Martha Cunningham collection, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
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