Donation of Tibetan texts to Bodleian by Malcolm Puttick

In March (2017), Malcolm Puttick kindly offered

 2 Prajñāpāramitā illustrated manuscripts to 

Bodleian Library Tibetan Collection.

Additionally, a decorated Tibetan wooden box 
was donated, 

and a folding table used by lamas 
for reading Tibetan texts 
(see further below)

The two texts are volumes 2 (kha) and 4 (nga) of 
a 25,000-verse Prajñāpāramitā, 
part of Buddhist wisdom literature

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The reading table is carved 

and has Tibetan & Chinese designs:

The decorated box, with padlock,featured in a Spinks auction (London) in 1992

   with an unclear inscription, probably damaged by the padlock

(lcags 'brug gsar bzos chos skyong ... gyi ... chas .... cha tshang skyabs)

With thanks to Malcolm Puttick - 

ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ