| A
piece of block ; width≒70cm, length≒24cm, weight≒3.25kg,
thickness≒3cm. |
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| The
engraved area ; width≒51cm, length≒22cm, number
of character columns≒23 columns, number
of characters/column≒14 characters/column. |
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Total
number of blocks ; 81,258 wooden blocks, raised
carving on the both sides in the square
style
character. Number of sutras - 1,511 sutras. Printed volume
of
sutras
; 6,802 volumes. There are slight differences in total
number of
blocks,
sutras, and printed volumes according to including or
not
including
supplement and overlapped blocks. |
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| Number
of characters in a block ; 23 columns×14 characters×two
sides≒6,444 characters |
|
| Number
of characters of the whole blocks ; 644 characters×81,258
blocks≒52,382,960 characters. |
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| Wood
used for blocks ; about ten kinds of trees - mountain
cherry, wild pear, white birch... |
|
Boiling
wood in salty water and drying under the shadow ; repeating
these processes to
prevent
blocks from warping and
moths. |
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| Painting
blocks with Korean lacquer ; preservation and preventing
from moth. |
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| Attaching
caps on the sides of a block ; preservation and
preventing from warping and splitting. |
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| Attaching
copper caps on four corners ; preservation and
protecting side-caps. |
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