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This paper presents a mapping of the 15th and 16th centuries Buddhist printed works from South-Western Tibet. Data were acquired thanks to a Marie Curie Project entitled "Tibetan Book Evolution and Technology" (TiBET), and an AHRC Project entitled "Transforming Technologies and Buddhist Book Culture: The Introduction of Printing and Digital Text Reproduction in Tibetan Societies".

This volume originated as the initiative of two former students of Elena De Rossi Filibeck, Michela Clemente and Federica Venturi, and of Oscar Nalesini, who
collaborated with her on several projects over the years, in order to celebrate her as a teacher, colleague and dear friend. The result is this tome, which combines the efforts of many of Professor Filibeck’s students, who wanted to thank her for directing their first steps in the field of Tibetology, and of some of her closest

This contribution aims at presenting a condensed version of an online catalogue of 15th and 16th century Tibetan xylographs from South-Western Tibet which has been built thanks to two correlated projects, namely "Transforming Technologies and Buddhist Book Culture: The Introduction of Printing and Digital Text Reproduction in Tibetan Societies" and "Tibetan Book Evolution and Technology" (TiBET).

The 'Phags pa lha khang temple located in the Mang yul Gung thang kingdom (South-Western Tibet) was renovated several times over the centuries. This article is devoted to the restoration supervised by lHa btsun Rin chen rnam rgyal (1473-1557) according to one of the biographies of this latter master. This essay recounts the circumstances that brought lHa btsun to accomplish this task and provides, for the first time, the translation of the dkar chag placed in the circumambulation corridor of the temple during the ceremony made on the occasion of the completion of the restoration.