This week UC Berkeley opened the $46 million C.V. Starr East Asian Library. Its vast collection includes: Ancient Chinese oracle bones inscribed with pictographs that evolved into Chinese writing. Thousand-year-old Chinese books printed by woodblock, centuries before Gutenberg. More than two thousand historic Japanese maps said to be the most comprehensive outside of Japan. An 18th century anthology of Korean poetry. “It’s the first stand-alone East Asian library in this country,” said Philip Melzer, president of the Council of East Asian Libraries. “It’s a beautiful building.” From the San Francisco Chronicle.
October 11, 2008
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