Microscopic examination of inclusions in the paper of a single-sheet devotional print from Dunhuang (Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum 927.24). Photo: Jessica Lockhart 

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

Dragonfly rendering of an early printed book using microCT. Image: Jessica Lockhart

Parchment collagen fibrils in the Bozec lab (University of Toronto). Photo: Jessica Lockhart

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

Paper painting depicting seated Buddha triad with standing Bodhisattvas and donor, with hanging tabs added; mounting holes in upper and lower margins. Guiyijun period (848/851–1030/1036), tenth century. From Mogao Cave 17, Dunhuang. Paris,…

A view under optical microscope revealing inclusions in the paper fibres of one of Cao Yuanzhong’s Avalokiteśvara woodblock prints (Toronto, Royal Ontario Museum 927.24). Photo: Jessica Lockhart

A fragment of Cao Yuanzhong’s Avalokiteśvara woodblock print in which the image block is printed at centre, with roughly symmetrical margins of 5–6 cm around each edge – one of them created by the addition of a vertical strip of reused paper…

Single-sheet woodblock print depicting Avalokiteśvara with dedicatory inscription, sponsored by Cao Yuanzhong and carved by Lei Yanmei. Guiyijun period (848/851–1030/1036), dated 947. From Mogao Cave 17, Dunhuang. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de…

Hidden Stories team member Melissa Moreton joins Global Judaica postdoctoral scholar Noam Sienna at the Hebrew type exhibition featuring the work of modern letterpress printers, MCBA, Minneapolis.