Commentaries on Jabi doryang chambeop (Repentance Ritual of the Great Compassion)

Commentaries on Jabi doryang chambeop is a woodblock-printed edition recarved from a movable-type edition. Comparing the format of the typesetting and the shape and size of the characters, the type used for the original edition on which this book is based is presumed to have been the Heungdeoksaja ("Heungdeoksa Temple type"), the same type used to print the Jikji. Although the underlying movable-metal-type edition printed in the late Goryeo period does not itself survive, this book confirms that, besides the Jikji, another movable-metal-type edition existed in the late Goryeo period, and it is therefore a valuable source that indirectly reveals the lineage of Korean movable-metal-type printing. At present this is an extremely rare text: only one other copy of the same edition is held, in an accredited museum. It is therefore essential material for research into movable-metal-type printed editions of the late Goryeo period in Korea, and it also holds very important documentary value for doctrinal research in Buddhist studies.

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Where it is

Region

Cheongju, Chungbuk

Designation

Treasure · 보물