TY - BOOK AU - Pak,Sang-jin TI - Under the microscope: the secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks SN - 9781443867320 AV - BQ1217 .P3613 2013eb U1 - 294.382 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Newcastle upon Tyne PB - Cambridge Scholars Publishing KW - Buddhism KW - Sacred books KW - Wood-engraving, Buddhist KW - Printing KW - Korea KW - History KW - To 1500 KW - Block books, Korean KW - Wood KW - Microscopy KW - RELIGION KW - Comparative Religion KW - bisacsh KW - Interdisciplinary studies KW - bicssc KW - Buddhist sacred texts KW - Botany & plant sciences KW - fast KW - Electronic book KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 UR - http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1790928 UR - http://site.ebrary.com/id/10934862 UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=849513 UR - http://www.myilibrary.com?id=645746 UR - http://public.ebookcentral.proquest.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1790928 UR - https://nls.ldls.org.uk/welcome.html?ark:/81055/vdc_100031748888.0x000001 UR - http://VH7QX3XE2P.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=VH7QX3XE2P&S=JCs&C=TC0001350869&T=marc&tab=BOOKS UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/uvic/detail.action?docID=1790928 ER -