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Jikji

Korean Buddhist text that UNESCO calls the oldest existing book of movable metal print in the world.

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Also known as
Buljo jikji simche yojeol, Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings

The Jikji is older than the Gutenberg Bible, and like it was printed from Movable type. UNESCO names a prize after it.

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  1. UNESCO/Jikji Memory of the World Prize, UNESCO. Scholarship & press
    the Buljo jikji simche yojeol, the oldest existing book of movable metal print in the world
  2. Printing press, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    Movable type and paper were invented in China, and the oldest known extant book printed from movable type was created in Korea in the 14th century.
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