དཔེ་ཆ

A woodbock printed unbound Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A short confessional text recited to forgive intentional and unintentional sins. A Sutra (Tib. མདོ་ Wylie mdo) ༄༅། །བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའི་བཤགས་པའི་མདོ་བཞུགས་སོ།.

Extent: One unbound book consisting of eight folios.

Size and dimensions of original material: Each folio is 8.5 cm x 31 cm.

Condition of original material: Good condition for its age. Staining through usage.

Arrangement: Texts and ritual objects kept in boxes in the prayer room (not seen). The precise country of origin is unknown. However it is almost certain that the original text was created in Tibet, though the specific material in question may have been copied locally in Spiti (India) at a later date.