You will be interested and pleased to know that Duke University has received a grant from the British Library's
Endangered Archives Programme. Full information has just been released on the
Duke University Libraries Blog so do take a look.
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| Menri Monastery in Northern India possesses the world's largest collection of manuscripts relating to Bön, the pre-Buddhist religion of Tibet. All photos by Edward Proctor. |
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| Pechas, or traditional Tibetan books, consist of loose leaves of handmade paper wrapped in cloth, placed between wooden boards, and secured with a belt. |
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| The collection also includes many tsakli, or handmade colorfully-illustrated initiation cards employed in various rituals. |
