From Jikji to Gutenberg: the origins of book printing from moveable metal type

Uittreksel

"From Jikji to Gutenberg represents a preliminary investigation into the origins of moveable type and the first books printed from it in both the East and the West. When asked who was the 'first book printer,' people in the West usually answer 'Johann Gutenberg' of Mainz, Germany. And while his 42-line Bible (ca. 1454/55) is a masterwork and milestone among Western achievements, most grade-school children in South Korea can tell you that the Buddhist text, commonly referred to as Jikji, was printed from moveable metal type by monks in July 1377! Jikji is short for Baegun hwasang chorok buljo jikji simche yojeol [Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings], and it was printed in the Heungdeok-sa temple in Cheongju. In 2001 in recognition of the technological achievement of moveable metal type, UNESCO inscribed both Jikji (the oldest extant East Asian book printed with metal type) and Gutenberg's 42-line Bible on its Memory of the World International Register. To order to tell the origin story of these books, in 2020, the From Jikji to Gutenberg Project was formed, and after six years of discussion and collaboration, this book is offered as an introductory assessment of the surviving evidence surrounding humanity's shared aspiration to print and publish books."-- Provided by publisher.

Inhoud

Observation on the Paper in the Gutenberg Bible / Timothy D. Barrett -- The History and Manufacture of Korean Ink / Yun Yong-hyun -- European and Asian Typographical Printing Inks, 1200-1600: A Comparison / Ad Stijnman -- Beyond the Object: Technological and Semantic Legacy in Korean Bound Books / Minah Song -- Gutenberg's 42-line Bible and the Earliest Evidence of European Typography / Eric Marshall White -- How Did Gutenberg Make His Printing Types? / R. Stanley Nelson -- Gutenberg Reconsidered: A Proposed Method for the Production of Early Cast-Metal Type in the West, Supported by Experimentation / Jonathan Thornton -- Technical Examination of Early Movable-Metal-Type Printed Books from Germany and Korea / Jennifer Giaccai -- X-Ray Fluorescence Imaging of Early Moveable Type Print / S. Minhal Gardezi, Nicholas P. Edwards, Michael B. Toth, Samuel M. Webb, and Uwe Bergmann -- Protecting Collections during Synchrotron-Based XRF Imaging / Nicholas P. Edwards, Elizabeth Ryan, and Kristen St.John -- Keeping It Cool: Creating the Library of Congress Gutenberg Bible Display Case / Elmer Eusman and Nancy Lev-Alexander -- Afterword: Page Fitting for a Small Planet / Gary Frost. Editors' Notes and Acknowledgments / Cathleen A. Baker and Randy Silverman -- Introduction / Randy Silverman -- From Jikji to Gutenberg: How Understanding the Origins of Book Printing Can Promote International Cooperation in the Preservation and Accessibility of Documentary Heritage / Fackson Banda -- Histories of Making History / Jacob Nadal -- Love Letter to Gutenberg / Shin-Young Chung (with Ad Stijnman, Yeaseul Jung, and Young Kyun Oh) -- Jikji / Kim Ho-gui -- About Jikji / Seung-Cheol Lee -- Premodern Chinese Print Technology and Book Culture / Cynthia Brokaw -- Korean Woodblock and Wood-Type Printing / Ok Young Jung -- Printing Development and Korean Book Culture: What Did Koreans Do with Moveable Types? / Young Kyun Oh -- Technical Improvement and Development of Moveable Metal Types in the Early 15th Century of Joseon Dynasty / Ok Young Jung -- A Bibliographical Analysis of Editions of The Song of Enlightenment with Commentaries by Monk Nammyeong / Nam Kwon-Hee -- Discovery of Goryeo Metal Type - 'Jeungdoga Type' - and Its Scientific Analysis / Nam Kwon-Hee -- The Korean Metal Movable Type at the Library of Congress / Dan Paterson -- Moveable Mysteries: Mapping Korean Type Collections across North America / Lars Kim -- Korean Incunabula, 1377-1455 / Jaeyong Chang and Hyoungbae Lee -- Ex Libris: A Translocational History of Jikji, the World's Oldest Extant Book Printed with Moveable Metal Type / Ji Young Park -- Korea's Place in the Premodern Trans-Regional Exchange Networks / Michael J. Seth -- Technical Note on the Examination of Seven Arabic Block-Printed Amulets / Jennifer Giaccai, S. Minhal Gardezi, and Uwe Bergmann -- Multiple Impressions: Oriental and Arabic Printed Amulets / Arianna D'Ottone -- Jikji and Traditional Korean Paper, Hanji / Lee Oh-Kyu -- Papermaking in Central Asia from Samarkand to Kokand / Shukhratillo Pulatov --