A sewn book. MSS 00012, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.

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…

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.

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

Tibetan Ro dngos grub (Corpse Stories), 20th-c. manuscript scroll, 35 cm x 15 metres. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00006.

Detail of a mthing shog (blue-black) manuscript containing the Praise to 21 Taras. Private collection of R. Spelker.

Hidden Stories researcher Thinley Gyatso (PhD Candidate, Buddhist Studies, U Toronto) studying the popular Tibetan folk story of Prince Wanu Ralpa in a 17-18th-c. painted copy. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00067

Pothi-style Nepalese paper manuscripts at the Āśā Saphūkuthi (Āśā Archives) in Kathmandu - cleaned, sorted, and wrapped in archival lokta paper and unbleached cotton cloth for storage by local teams of trained technicians. Photo: Bidur…

Detail of the scribal work and paper of the Newari Buddhist Pañcarakṣā sūtra. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00015.

The Goddess Mahāsītavatī from the opening leaf of the Nepalese Pañcarakṣā sūtra (Sutra of the Five Protectresses), created at the Taramūla Monastery in Kathmandu in the year Samvat 867 (1746). MSS 00015, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library,…