Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

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A worker making ink.  A worker making ink. A worker making ink. Workers curing 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. Workers printing pages from a wood block.
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. David Germano, visting American Professor of Tibetan Studies, and the Manager of the Derge  Publishing House. Printing of traditional Tibetan texts using woodblocks, ink, and paper. Printing of traditional Tibetan texts using woodblocks, ink, and paper. Printing of traditional Tibetan texts using woodblocks, ink, ink roller, and paper. Printing of traditional Tibetan texts using woodblocks, ink, inkroller, and paper. Woodblock curers.
Curing woodblocks used in printing traditional Tibetan texts. Curing woodblocks used in printing traditional Tibetan texts. Curing woodblocks used in printing traditional Tibetan texts. Curing woodblocks used in printing traditional Tibetan texts. The front of the Derge Publishing House. Circumabulators in front of the Derge Publishing House. Tibetans buying meat on the street in front of Derge Publishing House. Chinese soldiers travelling from Chengdu to Dartsedo [mda' rtse mdo].

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