Protecting wisdom tibetan book covers from the maclean collection is the first major exhibition to examine the subject of tibetan book covers for tibetan buddhists books are a divine presence in which the buddha lives and reveals himself and they are venerated and handled with the utmost respect . Protecting wisdom tibetan book covers from the maclean collection autor en kathryn h selig brown verlag prestel publishing erschienen munchen london new york 2012 seiten 264 ausgabe hardcover mit goldschnitt im leinenschuber preis usd 9500 isbn 978 3 7913 4765 1 kommentar michael buddeberg september 2013 besprechung das altehrwurdige im jahre 1073 gegrundete buddhistische . Protecting wisdom tibetan book covers from the maclean collection is the first major exhibition to examine the subject of tibetan book covers for tibetan buddhists books are a divine presence in which the buddha lives and reveals himself and they are venerated and handled with the utmost respect the exhibition features thirty three book covers dating from the eleventh to the eighteenth century that represent the glorious iconographic array and non figural decoration typical of these . 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 monks worked tirelessly to transcribe the life and teachings of the buddha onto paper highly skilled craftsmen then covered these pages with wooden boards that had been elaborately and painstakingly carved gilded and painted the maclean collection based in chicago has