Under the microscope
Subtitle: the secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks
By: by Sang-jin Park ; translated by Ji-hyun Philippa Kim
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Newcastle upon Tyne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9781443846080
Subjects: Buddhism; Sacred books; Wood-engraving, Buddhist; Printing; History; Korean Block books; Wood; Microscopy
Work titles: Namu e saegyŏjin Pʻalman Taejanggyŏng ŭi pimil
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.