Multispectral detail of a Hebrew manuscript fragment from the Cairo Geniza, imaged by a team from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Friedberg MSS 9-001, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.

MSI image of a parchment binding fragment, identified through imaging and analysis as a 15th‑c. letter drafted from King Louis XI (Reuter FF0012, Robertson Davies Library, Massey College, UofT).

Three people in lab coats looking at wampum belts ina box. The people on the left and right are wearing masks. The person on the left is pointing at the wampum belts.

Three people standing outside in the sun infront of a building

Monette filming wampum belts at NMAI. Monette points a camera on a tripod at a display case with five wampum belts.

Detail of a manuscript of the Mishnah on parchment from the Cairo Geniza, which may date to the mid 9th c. CE. Friedberg MSS 9-001, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, Toronto.

Minyak Rinpoche reading a mthing shog manuscript of the Praises to the Twenty-One Tārās.

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