Museums of Korean History and Culture

Making of the brass letters

Display of the making of the brass letters during the Goryeo Dynasty in the 14th century in the Early Printing Museum in Cheongju; this was one of the first places that printing with with movable metal type was done. The world's first movable type printing press technology for printing paper books was made of ceramic porcelain China materials and invented in ancient China around 1040 CE.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Wed Jun 04, 2014
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