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Designation Number Treasure No.1146
Date of Designation May 1, 1993
Age Early Joseon
Location 396-2 Iho-ri, Gangcheon-myeo n, Yeoju-gun, Gyeonggi-do (Moka Buddhist Museum)
Size 30.5cm*12.3cm
Material Paper

This book is 24th out of 40 volumes that Banyasamjang translated ¡¸Bohyeonhaengwonpum (ÜÅúçú¼êÃù¡)¡¹part of ¡ºHwaeomgyeong Scriptures¡» into Chinese. This edition was printed from Goryeo wood engravings: National Treasure No.206 kept in Haeinsa Temple. There are designs in gold and silver on the deep blue cover and the title of ¡¸Daebanggwangbul Hwaeomgyeong Volume 24 (ÓÞÛ°ÎÆÝÖü¤åñÌèÏéð¯ì£ä¨ÞÌ)¡¹ is printed in gold. It is assumed that the wood engraving was made in the 12~13th century and that the printing was done in the 14th century according to the book cover¡¯s color, design, paper quality and printing status, etc. This copy is similar to the Jeongwonbon which is already designated as Treasure No.1017.This document is 22.5cm long and the size of a page is 30.5¡¿48.8cm. There are 24 lines, each of which has 17 characters. Pages are folded every 6 lines into an album.