I’ve had an epiphany. This one is about Korean printing technology. The basic question is: Why, if the Gutenberg press spawned the Renaissance and then the Enlightenment and the end of feudalism in ...

Early movable metal type printing from the period of the Goryeo Kingdom shows surface tension of the ink, which is a common tendency of liquid on metal surface at rest to shrink into circular liquid ...

Up to 1,755 excavated artifacts, including the oldest existing movable metal type print blocks made in the Joseon era (1392-1910), at around 1434, will be unveiled to the public in the National Palace ...

“1377: Printing of Jikji in Korea, the oldest known dated text printed with movable metal type.” Many European visitors to “Printing! Gutenberg’s Europe,” a new exhibit at the BnF, or the National ...

When French diplomat Victor Collin de Plancy (1853-1924) was posted in Joseon Korea, he collected many unique treasures, including rare ancient Korean books. He returned to France with the treasures ...

Printed in 1377, the Goryeo Jikjisimgyeong is the world's oldest document created using movable metal type, 78 years ahead of the Gutenberg Bible. That's common knowledge to any Korean who went to ...

"Jikji Simche Yojeol," the world's oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type, will be put on public display in France for the first time in 50 years. According to the website of the ...