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Movable type

Printing from separate pieces of type. It was invented in China, and the oldest known surviving book printed this way was made in Korea in the 14th century.

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The oldest known surviving book printed from movable type is the Jikji, from Korea. The Gutenberg Bible is one of the earliest printed with it in Europe.

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  1. Printing press, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Scholarship & press Archived copy
    Gutenberg used his press to print an edition of the Bible in 1455; this Bible is the first complete extant book in the West, and it is one of the earliest books printed from movable type.
    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.
  2. 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
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