John Bucher (SHU)
Timeline
This timeline represents the development and inventions of printing, paper, and moveable type in chronological order for both the West (Europe) and the East (Asia). All the information on dates and events used in this timeline were found in Patrick Cramsie's The Story of Graphic Design.
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1 "Early Chinese Paper" http://quatr.us/literature/paper.htm
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2 "Removable Type" https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/Removeable_type_book.jpg
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3 "Diamond Sutra" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joyce-morgan/diamond-sutra-buddhas-hidden-book_b_1859164.html
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4 "Bi Sheng" http://alchetron.com/Bi-Sheng-1050313-W
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5 "Jikji Type" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movable_type
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6 "Origins of European Printmaking" https://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2005/origins/origins_ss11.shtm
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7 "History of Paper" http://users.stlcc.edu/nfuller/paper/
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8 "History of Court Cards" http://www.wopc.co.uk/cards/courts
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9 "The Earliest Dated European Woodblock Print" http://www.historyofinformation.com/expanded.php?id=30
10 "paper texture" http://empessah.deviantart.com/art/paper-texture-512373221
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11 "Printing Press" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_press
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12 "Incunable" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incunable
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13 "What Was Luther Doing When He Nailed His 95 Theses to the Wittenberg Door?" https://blogs.thegospelcoalition.org/justintaylor/2012/10/31/what-was-luther-doing-when-he-nailed-his-95-theses-to-the-wittenberg-door/
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14 "King Henry VIII" http://englishhistory.net/tudor/monarchs/henry-the-8th/
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15 https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/d1/68/37/d16837231296f5399366a6fb1351f933.jpg
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16 "3D model Gutenberg Press" http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-model-gutenberg-press/824534