Protecting Wisdom: Tibetan Book Covers from the MacLean Collection
Chicago, IL: MacLean Collection, 2013. Hardcover. Gold cloth sleeve, gray boards with silver gilt spine lettering, 263 pp., illustrations. "This elegant volume is the first comprehensive published study in English of the finely carved wooden covers designed to protect fragile Tibetan Buddhist texts. From the 11th through 14th centuries, Tibetan..... More