This is the oldest surviving book printed with movable type. Printed in Tangut script with movable wooden type during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Western Xia, it dates to c. 1150 - 3 centuries before Gutenberg and 2 centuries before the famous Korean Jikji printing.This is the oldest surviving book printed with movable type. Printed in Tangut script with movable wooden type during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Western Xia, it dates to c. 1150 - 3 centuries before Gutenberg and 2 centuries before the famous Korean Jikji printing.
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