Enciclopedia Cattolica

Plate VII · Tibet

Vol. XII (1954) · full-page plate
Above left: WALLS OF GYANTSE. Above right: TIBETAN LIBRARY. Below left: READING OF THE SACRED BOOKS IN A TEMPLE OF GYANTSE to obtain rain. Below right: LAMA OF NGOR, important dignitary of the Sakya sect, a sect that in the 13th-14th cent. received investiture over all Tibet from the Chinese emperors.
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Plate VII
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Plate VII
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Plate VII
(fot. Fosco Maraini)
Above left: WALLS OF GYANTSE. Above right: TIBETAN LIBRARY. Below left: READING OF THE SACRED BOOKS IN A TEMPLE OF GYANTSE to obtain rain. Below right: LAMA OF NGOR, important dignitary of the Sakya sect, a sect that in the 13th-14th cent. received investiture over all Tibet from the Chinese emperors.

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