Under the microscope :
Pak, Sang-jin, 1940-
Under the microscope : the secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks / by Sang-jin Park ; translated by Ji-hyun Philippa Kim. - 1 online resource (xvi, 165 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The present volume presents a wood anatomist's study of the Tripitaka Koreana, the world's oldest surviving printing artifact from 13th-century Korea. Whereas existing research on this most comprehensive and accurate version of the Buddhist canon in East Asia has relied primarily on incomplete textual evidence and on less than reliable oral traditions in addressing the secrets of the creation, birthplace, material, and miraculous conservation of the Tripitaka Koreana, the author of this volume looks to physical evidence - the woodblocks themselves - for answers.
9781443867320 1443867322
9781443867320 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2014407336
GBB344527 bnb
016329730 Uk 017924343 Uk
To 1500
Buddhism--Sacred books.
Wood-engraving, Buddhist--Printing--History--Korea--To 1500.
Block books, Korean--History--To 1500.
Wood--Microscopy.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Interdisciplinary studies.
Buddhist sacred texts.
Botany & plant sciences.
Block books, Korean.
Buddhism.
Wood-engraving, Buddhist--Printing.
Korea.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Sacred books.
BQ1217 / .P3613 2013eb
294.382
Under the microscope : the secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks / by Sang-jin Park ; translated by Ji-hyun Philippa Kim. - 1 online resource (xvi, 165 pages) : illustrations
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The present volume presents a wood anatomist's study of the Tripitaka Koreana, the world's oldest surviving printing artifact from 13th-century Korea. Whereas existing research on this most comprehensive and accurate version of the Buddhist canon in East Asia has relied primarily on incomplete textual evidence and on less than reliable oral traditions in addressing the secrets of the creation, birthplace, material, and miraculous conservation of the Tripitaka Koreana, the author of this volume looks to physical evidence - the woodblocks themselves - for answers.
9781443867320 1443867322
9781443867320 Cambridge Scholars Publishing
2014407336
GBB344527 bnb
016329730 Uk 017924343 Uk
To 1500
Buddhism--Sacred books.
Wood-engraving, Buddhist--Printing--History--Korea--To 1500.
Block books, Korean--History--To 1500.
Wood--Microscopy.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Interdisciplinary studies.
Buddhist sacred texts.
Botany & plant sciences.
Block books, Korean.
Buddhism.
Wood-engraving, Buddhist--Printing.
Korea.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Sacred books.
BQ1217 / .P3613 2013eb
294.382
