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‘Papermaker’s tears’ on the edge of a 15th-c. copy of the Arba'ah Turim
‘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.
18th-c. Yiddish prayer
An 18th-c. Yiddish prayer, hand-set by Noam Sienna using type from the Balinson Collection, Massey College Bibliography Room, University of Toronto.
A blank birchbark book
McCord Stewart Museum poster
A fold book containing ritual text used during tantric sadhana practice. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00051.
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 Nepalese fold book containing both Buddhist and Hindu texts
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 page opening of the Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript covered in cursive script.
Detail. Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript on amatl. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
A page opening of the Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript showing trees and text
Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript on amatl. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
A page opening of the Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript with a saint at left and text and landscape at right
Detail. Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript on amatl. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
A side profile of a very long Tibetan scroll containing Ro dngos grub (Corpse Stories)
Tibetan Ro dngos grub (Corpse Stories), 20th-c. manuscript scroll, 35 cm x 15 metres. Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00006.
A side profile of the birchbark book, Chapin Library Codex MSS 041
Wooden endband, prior to conservation. Williamstown, Williams College Chapin Library, Codex MSS 041. Photo: Anne Peale.
