Burndy Library Collection, Gift of Dibner Family. Nearly four centuries before Johannes Gutenberg produced the first Bible on a printing press, monks and artisans in China were drawing on their ...

. But the most important part of his invention was actually moveable type. Before Gutenberg, the closest Europe had to printing was the woodblock. The woodblock was a piece of wood with all the ...

(Xinhua） This photo taken on March 21, 2025 shows a document printed via metal movable type printing technique at the Gutenberg Museum in Mainz, Germany, March 21, 2025.（Xinhua） A staff ...