![]() ![]() Three years later Caxton then set up a printshop in England. William Caxton prints the first book in English, Recuyell of the Historyes of Troy, in Bruges in collaboration with the Flemish printer Colard Mansion. The Constance Gradual, the earliest printed music (after the single line of music in the 1457 Mainz Psalter). Greek type used in Cicero's De officiis printed by Fust and Schoeffer. Corrected in subsequent editions.įust and Schoeffer first to use a printer's mark.Īrnold Pannartz and Konrad Sweinheim, first printers in Italy (Subiaco) and first to use a Roman printing type. It also had the first error: "Spalmorum" instead of Psalmorum. Gutenberg's Bible completed by his creditor Johann Fust and his own workman Peter Schoeffer.įirst printed colophon in the Psalter by Fust and Schoeffer. Christopher with the infant Christ.Įngraving, combined with drypoint, was first used for intaglio printing plates in GermanyĪdjustable type mold developed by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz (Germany).įirst dated European document: a papal indulgence attributed to Gutenberg. Guild of Stationers, consisting of booksellers, scribes, illustrators and bookbinders, founded in London.Įuropean wood block print: St. World's oldest extant book printed with movable metal type Baekun Hwasang Chorok Buljo Jikji Simche Yojeol published in Cheungju, Korea, now at the Bibliothèque Nationale. Marco Polo reported seeing the printing of paper money in China.Ĭommon screw press used to prints texts cut from single blocks of wood in Korea. ![]() Watermarks first used in Italian-made paper. Movable type, made from baked clay, invented in China.įirst papermill in Europe at Xàtiva (Spain). The oldest dated printed text known: The Diamond Sutra, a Chinese translation of a Buddhist text now preserved in the British Library.Ĭhinese printers adapt Wood-block printing to mass-produce classical books. Papermill established in Baghdad, Abbasid dynasty ( present day Iraq).īook of Kells illuminated Latin manuscript Gospel produced in Britain and Ireland. Moors invade Spain, introducing papermaking techniques from the east. Papermaking in Samarkand (modern day Uzbekistan). Invention of the papermaking process credited to Ts'ai Lun a palace advisor during the Han Dynasty of China. Parchment, a material made from processed animal skin, used as a writing surface in Pergamon (Anatolian Greece, Asia Minor, now Turkey). Papyrus plant, paper-like material used as a writing surface in Egypt.Īmate, a beaten paper-like material, made in Pre-Columbian Mesoamerica. ![]() Wedge-shaped marks were made on clay tablets by a blunt stylus cut from a reed. To suggest entries or corrections, please contact the editor.Ĭuneiform, one of the earliest known writing systems developed in Sumer (modern day Iraq). This data, provided as an aid to students, was compiled from many sources.
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