Pak, Sang-jin,  1940- <br/><br/>
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 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781443867320 1443867322 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label>9781443867320  Cambridge Scholars Publishing 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014407336 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBB344527  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>016329730  Uk 017924343  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>To 1500 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhism--Sacred books.<br/>Wood-engraving, Buddhist--Printing--History--Korea--To 1500.<br/>Block books, Korean--History--To 1500.<br/>Wood--Microscopy.<br/>RELIGION--Comparative Religion.<br/>Interdisciplinary studies.<br/>Buddhist sacred texts.<br/>Botany & plant sciences.<br/>Block books, Korean.<br/>Buddhism.<br/>Wood-engraving, Buddhist--Printing.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Korea.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic book.<br/>Electronic books.<br/>History.<br/>Sacred books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BQ1217  / .P3613 2013eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>294.382