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Bidur Bhattarai (Center, in blue) gathered with young visitors at the Āśā Saphūkuthi, Kathmandu.
Bidur Bhattarai (Center) gathered with ~40 young visitors at the Āśā Saphūkuthi, Kathmandu.

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Engineers Mei Li and Aly Abdelaziz from Grasselli’s Geomechanics Group (University of Toronto) discuss a book’s structure visualized using microCT. Photo: Matt Volpe
Engineers Mei Li and Aly Abdelaziz from Grasselli’s Geomechanics Group stand in front of a wall-size microCT image, gesturing at details

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On the right: these belts have a purple base colour which is said to reflect the hostilities at the time, reflecting war and violence. On the left: these belts have a white base, which is said to reflect peace and good will.
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Fowler Quran: Sura āl-Imran (Q. 3), verses 17. fols 35v-36r. c. 1750-1850. Siyu(?), Pate Island (Kenya). Scribe unknown. Ink on laid paper. Image courtesy of the Fowler Museum, UCLA, Los Angeles.
Page opening of the Fowler Quran: Sura āl-Imran, with red and black calligraphy.

Frontispiece at Sūrat al-Ḥamd (Q. 1), fols 1v-2r. c. 1750-1850. Copyist ʿAbd al-Karīm b. ʿUmar al-Nawfalī, 4 Muḥarram1245/ 28 June 1829, Faza, Pate Island (Kenya). Ink on laid paper. AS:008. Image courtesy of Imam Nour Al Din Al Salimi…
Frontispiece at Sūrat al-Ḥamd, with very elaboratered, gold, and black calligraphy and marginal commentary.

Detail of white and purple beads of a wampum binding with brown string

Four visitors at the National Museum of the American Indian Washington DC standing in front of a sculpture outside the museum.

Book Science Seminar participants leaning over and using a digital microscope to study a manuscript.
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