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      Block Print Images

(ACIP) Graphics Library
Block prints, line drawings and designs.

Asian Classics Input Project: Block Prints
A database of wood block carvings and captions.

Block Print Images
Prints are an important resource in the study of iconography because of the large sets of images produced. Many tangka painting sets and all prayer flag prints are made initially from wood blocks either directly applied or by using a ponce.

Block Prints as Clip Art
Common Tibetan symbols and motifs as clip art.

Buddhist Block Print Images
Public domain FTP site with block print images containing an excellent collection of Tantric deities.

Buddhist Manuscripts and Blockprints
This exhibition, entitled "Buddhist Manuscripts of the Great Silk Road - The Lotus Sutra and Its World," presents many of the precious texts and original artifacts preserved in the St. Petersburg collection.

Buddhist Symbols
Line drawings of the most common Buddhist symbols.

Prajnaparamita Text: Block Print Images
A careful grouping of all the different images and sets contained in the Prajnaparamita carved wood block manuscript from pre-1959 Lhasa, Tibet. This is also the same text published by Lokesh Chandra in 'Buddhist Iconography.'

Prayer Flags
Download and print your own prayer flags.