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.

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.

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

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

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,…

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

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…

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