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11-15-2018, 09:37 PM | #1 | ||
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Nov 16th, 2018: The Oldest Printed Book in the World
There were books printed before this but none survive we know of.
Before Gutenberg, printing was done with set type and carved wood blocks. This shows how advanced Chinese paper making was. Frontispiece of the Dunhuang Diamond Sūtra. Quote:
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11-15-2018, 10:25 PM | #2 |
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600 years pre-Gutenberg?!
Wow.
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11-16-2018, 12:06 AM | #3 |
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Yeah, the big deal about Gutenberg was moveable type so when you were done printing you could tear it down and reuse the type. These guys had to cut down a tree and start all over.
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11-16-2018, 01:41 PM | #4 |
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Sounds like this Gutenberg fella was a lazy sumbitch.
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11-16-2018, 04:00 PM | #5 |
still says videotape
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11-16-2018, 11:14 PM | #6 |
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Burn![/Kelso]
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11-17-2018, 11:19 AM | #7 |
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You would be surprised to learn how far out of my way I'll go to save a step...
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11-17-2018, 12:51 PM | #8 |
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