Jikji and the Dawn of Modern Printing
A PowerPoint Presentation by Randy Silverman – University of Utah Marriott Library
August 2026
The Buddhist text, Jikji Simche Yojeol, was printed in Korea approximately 78 years before Johannes Gutenberg published the 42-line Bible in Germany. Still relatively unknown, Jikji will be 650 years old in July 2027. This PowerPoint presentation spotlights a vital East Asian technological legacy – development of printing from both woodblocks and movable metal type that occurred long before either technology emerged in Europe.
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