HISTORY FUCKS!!

role of buddhist missionaries in printing culture

#took hand printing technique from china to japan

#preserved & recorded religious teaching in the form of printed material

#example: diamond sutra,tripitaka koreana

Calligraphy

the art of beautiful and stylised writing

when and where was printing first invented?

CHINA in AD 594 onwards

where,who and when was first mechanical printing press invented ?

STrasbourg germany by Johann gutenberg in 1430s

what is budhhist diamond sutra ?

oldest japanese book made in AD868 containing six sheets of text wooden illustrations

korean oldest printed book

JIKJI

TRIPITAKA KOREANA

korean collections of buddhist scriptures made during mid-13th century

ukiyo

pictures of floating world made by KITAGAWA UTAMARO

vellum

a parchment made from the skin of animals

edo

older name of tokyo

who introduced printing in italy?

MARCO POLO in 1295

disadvantages of manuscripts

• fragile

• time consuming

• laborious

• awkward or cant be carry around or read easily

scribes

skilled person who writes copies of documents

platen

In letterpress printing, a board (originally wooden, later steel) pressed onto the back of paper to transfer the impression from the type.

role of johann gutenberg in printing in europe

• Developed the first movable-type mechanical printing press in Strasbourg, Germany (1430s, perfected by 1448)

• Adapted olive press mechanics for pressing and used lead moulds to cast metal type

• hand printing ——- mechanical printing

• Drastically cut book costs and accelerated production, sparking the European Print Revolution

Compositor

The person who composes the text for printing.

galley

metal frame in which types are laid and the text composed