Printing on Paper
660-670, China: First example of printing on paper. Early xylography was accomplished with hemp paper and woodblocks.
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Frontispiece, Diamond Sutra from Cave 17
A page from the Diamond Sutra, printed in the 9th year of Xiantong Era of the Tang Dynasty, i.e. 868 CE. Currently located in the British Library, London. British Library Or.8210/P.2 From Wikimedia Commons.
