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

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 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

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.

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

Dino-lite magnification imaging on a Nepalese Pañcarakṣā sūtra. MSS 00015, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto

A Sikkimese manuscript with ritual thumbprint on the opening leaf. A collection of treasure texts containing meditative and ritual practices (rDa rje snying po sprin gyi thol glu), 19th c.. Tibetan MSS 00033, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.

Sewn binding on a Tibetan compilation of biographical and folklore texts in the MacDonald collection. Tibetan MSS 00055 and 00056, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.

Thinley Gyatso (U Toronto) reading a woodblock-printed pothi-style book at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.