Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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Photographs in Degé Publishing House (sde dge par khang)

Close-up of the entrance of the Derge Publishing House. Close-up of the entrance of the Derge Publishing House. A viewacross the courtyard out of the Derge Publishing House main entrance. A young boy threading pages at the Derge Publishing House. Stacks of finished texts. A man binding book pages. A young boy threading pages. A young boy threading pages.
The floor of the room where the paper is cut. Men smoothing the edges of texts. The vise that holds the texts to be cut. The vise that holds the texts to be cut. The blade that cuts the paper. Men smoothing the edges of texts. The vise that holds the texts to be cut. A stack of blank wood blocks and bowls used in making ink.
A worker making ink. A worker making ink.  A worker making ink. A worker making ink. Workers curing wood blocks used in making traditional Tibetan texts. A view of the building from a second floor window. Shelves of wood blocks used in making traditional Tibetan texts. Workers making prints from wood blocks on pages dyed yellow.
A worker printing pages from a wood block. A worker printing pages from a wood block. Wood blocks used to print prayer flags. Workers printing pages from a wood block. A wood block used to print images of Shakyamuni Buddha. Close up of a wood block for a page from �The Collected Texts of the Ancients.� A roller used for pressing pages onto inked wood blocks. A tray holding recently inked pages.

Degé Publishing House (sde dge par khang) in Topic


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