청주고인쇄박물관이 복원한 직지(直指) 금속활자본 하권 제1장 금속활자 인판의 정확성 검증: 1377년 금속활자본과 1378년 목판본의 비교를 통한 검증

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This study assessed the accuracy of the reconstructed metal-type printing plate displayed at the Cheongju Early Printing Museum, using the 2015 digital image of the original Jikji Volume II held by the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The contents of the obverse and reverse of the first leaf, absent since the late nineteenth-century acquisition, were inferred by reference to the woodblock edition. Both the metal-type and woodblock versions contain 11 lines per half-frame, but line length differs and certain characters are used differently. We examined these features through close image comparison. The typesetting and content of the reconstructed metal plate for the first leaf of Jikji Volume II were largely verified as accurate, based on the woodblock text and diagnostic differences between the metal-type and woodblock versions. However, a ditto mark used only in the woodblock edition was mistakenly included in the reconstructed plate. By contrast, the character “无” for “無,” found only in the woodblock version, was correctly replaced with “無” in the reconstructed metal plate. Thus, some parts were artificially modified while others faithfully reflected the original. We conclude with practical points to consider when restoring metal-type printing plates

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