The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book (2016)
The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book (2016)
www.smithsonianmag.com Five Things to Know About the Diamond Sutra, the World’s Oldest Dated Printed Book
Printed over 1,100 years ago, a Chinese copy of the Diamond Sutra at the British Library is one of the most intriguing documents in the world
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Pretty sure there are printed books from before 2016
3 0 ReplyUmm the article came out in 2016 , the article is about a 1100 year old printed text on a scroll 868 a.d
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