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Pages of a Tibetan 18th-c. medical compendium (sman yig gces bsdus)
Detail of a sewn book - an 18th-c. medical compendium (sman yig gces bsdus). Toronto, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Tibetan MSS 00029.
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.
Detail of a pool with two animals wading in it, in the Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript
Detail. Axoloapan Xoloctlan manuscript on amatl. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.
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 with a saint at left and text and landscape at right
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.
Vania Assis and Mary Hamilton French leaning over a table assembling a birchbark scroll
Conservators Vania Assis and Mary Hamilton French conserve a birch bark scroll in the Islamabad Museum, Islamabad, Pakistan. Photo: Mark Allon.
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.
X-ray cross-section of a wooden endband showing rings in the wood; interior of Chapin Library Codex MSS 041
The interior of the wooden endband of Chapin Library Codex MSS 041, microCTed and viewed through Dragonfly software. Image: Jessica Lockhart.
