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Potala Palace moving to preserve ancient texts
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Potala Palace moving to preserve ancient texts

China Daily  

The Potala Palace in the Xizang autonomous region has achieved notable results in phases in the protection and utilization of ancient texts. Since the launch of the national project for the protection and utilization of ancient texts such as the Potala Palace palm-leaf manuscripts in 2018, more than 68 million yuan has been invested to advance the project. According to …

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Potala Palace moving to preserve ancient texts
Trending News
1 week, 1 day ago

Potala Palace moving to preserve ancient texts

China Daily  

The Potala Palace in the Xizang autonomous region has achieved notable results in phases in the protection and utilization of ancient texts. Since the launch of the national project for the protection and utilization of ancient texts such as the Potala Palace palm-leaf manuscripts in 2018, more than 68 million yuan has been invested to advance the project. According to …

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World’s oldest Hebrew Bible sells for a record-breaking $38.1 million
1 year, 10 months ago

World’s oldest Hebrew Bible sells for a record-breaking $38.1 million

CNN  

CNN — A Hebrew Bible more than 1,000 years old and described as “one of the most important and singular texts in human history” has become the most valuable manuscript ever sold at auction. Courtesy of Sotheby's Mintz described the Codex Sassoon, which includes 792 parchment pages — made from animal skins — and weighs about 26.5 pounds, as a …

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The British Library celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023
2 years ago

The British Library celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2023

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 14, 2022 18:00 IST It was 10 years ago that I first entered London’s British Library as a visiting scholar from India. Created on July 1, 1973, as the “national library” of the UK under the British Library Act 1972, the BL celebrates 50 years in 2023 as one of the largest libraries in the world. The …

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Race to save a collection of priceless literary treasures is on
3 years, 5 months ago

Race to save a collection of priceless literary treasures is on

Daily Mail  

Spread across a huge table in Sotheby’s auction house in London are stacks of immaculately preserved 19th- century first editions and manuscripts, a slew of letters in Jane Austen’s rigorously disciplined script and a small collection of Charlotte Bronte’s hand-sewn books, barely 3in high and filled with writing so teeny it had to be written with a single hair dipped …

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