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Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts
This past weekend on a visit to Chicago I stopped by Columbia College’s Center for Book & Paper Arts to see the current exhibit of Buddhist printing from the Derge Parkhang. The Derge Parkang (also known as the Derge Sutra … Continue reading
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Tagged Buddhist, Chicago, history, History of the Book, manuscripts, printing, Tibet, woodblock printing
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A Short History of the Printed Word
Recommended Read Chappell, Warren and Robert Bringhurst. A Short History of the Printed Word. Vancouver: Hartley & Marks Publishers Inc., 1999. [ISBN-10: 0-88179-154-7] A Short History of the Printed Word is an impressively complete history of print and its astonishing … Continue reading
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Tagged books, Bringhurst, Chappell, history, History of the Book, illustrations, manuscripts, moveable type, printing, scribes, typefaces, typesetting, woodblock printing
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