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Under the microscope : the secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks / by Sang-jin Park ; translated by Ji-hyun Philippa Kim.

By: Language: English Original language: Korean Publisher: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 165 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781443867320
  • 1443867322
Uniform titles:
  • Namu e saegyŏjin Pʻalman Taejanggyŏng ŭi pimil. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Under the microscopeDDC classification:
  • 294.382 23
LOC classification:
  • BQ1217 .P3613 2013eb
Online resources: 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.
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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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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