This was the synagogue whose geniza or store room was found in the 19th century to contain a treasure of abandoned Hebrew secular and sacred manuscripts.

The Ratnadadhi, meaning the Ocean of Gems, was nine stories high and housed the most sacred manuscripts including the Prajnaparamita Sutra and the Samajguhya.

The spilling of blood is necessary as purification to appease the evil spirits and ritual fights follow an ancient and complex ritual as set out in the sacred lontar manuscripts.

A unique plaque depicts a sacred manuscript (most probably the prajnaparamita) on a lotus and a kneeling devotee.

Her father, her brother, and many of the monks would spend the day in the scriptorium where they copied and decorated sacred manuscripts.

Ritual fights usually take place outside the temple and follow an ancient and complex ritual as set out in the sacred lontar manuscripts.

There is one holy book; the sacred manuscript of nature, the only Scripture that can enlighten the reader.

It quietly swallows up sacred manuscripts as it gnaws on the more stubborn stones of the temple.

Cassiodorus wrote Bible commentaries, and was familiar with Old Latin and Vulgate manuscripts, seeking out sacred manuscripts.

It was used universally in stone and copper inscriptions, sacred manuscripts, official documents, journals, title deeds, correspondence and creative writing.