| A | B |
|---|
| Block Printing | Xylography - duplication of characters |
| Ink | usually lampblack |
| Korea - AD 1050 | First use of moveable metal type - 80,000 separate characters |
| Block Printing in Europe | 13th and 14th centuries - emphasis on visual stimulli |
| Heiligen | Image prints - holiy pictures |
| Ars Moriedi | Arts of Dying - pictures of the Devil tempting the dying and angels pleading for their souls |
| Biblia Pauperum | Poor man's Bible - essentially a picture book |
| AD 593 in China | Tang Dynasty - Minor literary works and elementary textbooks used block printing |
| Diamond Sutra (China) | AD 868 - produced by Wang Chieh, copy of the Buddhist scriptures in memory of his parents |
| AD 932 - AD 953 | Chinese Prime Minister Feng Tao printed the Confucian classics, aim was to establish a 'correct' version |
