Manuscript

Volume of a book. Madhyamika Prayers. Tibetan Buddhist Manuscript. Comments: Woodblock printing. Simple device bordering text on each folio. First folio of first prayer has two pictures flanking the text, one on each side. Each prayer is numbered individually, the entire collection having been numbered consecutively by hand. The title of each prayer is on the first folio recto of each, usually woodblock printed but occasionally written by hand. The prayers range from two to twenty-five folios each. There is embedded dirt on most of the folios. Some folios are stained. In many cases there are repairs with strips of paper. The text is generally very clear. In the lower left center of some ruled paper attached to three cloth tabs at the beginning of the collection is written, "zan 'dos pha ched." In the lower left there is some writing in a very cursive hand. On the second of these colth tabs is written,"dom da." Lightweight painted wood covers, with the paint chipping off.