“Baekunhwasang Chorok Buljo Jikji Simche Yojol (we’ll call it Jikji from now) is the oldest metal printed book in the world among existing books, which was made in 1377, i.e. 78 years before Gutenberg had published The 42-line Bible(1452-1455) in Germany.”
Complete article on www.jikjiworld.net. Thanks to the Swedish Parrot for the link.
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