Under the Microscope : The Secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks.
Kim, Ji-hyun Philippa.
Under the Microscope : The Secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (181 pages)
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
This volume presents a wood anatomists study of the Tripitaka Koreana, the worlds 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.
9781443867320
Buddhism -- Sacred books.
Wood-engraving, Buddhist -- Printing -- Korea -- History -- To 1500.
Block books, Korean -- History -- To 1500.
Wood -- Microscopy.
Electronic books.
BQ1217 -- .P3613 2013eb
294.382
Under the Microscope : The Secrets of the Tripitaka Koreana Woodblocks. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (181 pages)
Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- CHAPTER ONE -- CHAPTER TWO -- CHAPTER THREE -- CHAPTER FOUR -- CHAPTER FIVE -- CHAPTER SIX -- CHAPTER SEVEN -- CHAPTER EIGHT -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.
This volume presents a wood anatomists study of the Tripitaka Koreana, the worlds 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.
9781443867320
Buddhism -- Sacred books.
Wood-engraving, Buddhist -- Printing -- Korea -- History -- To 1500.
Block books, Korean -- History -- To 1500.
Wood -- Microscopy.
Electronic books.
BQ1217 -- .P3613 2013eb
294.382