Catholicon (1286)
The Summa grammaticalis quae vocatur Catholicon or more simply, the Catholicon is a 13th-century Latin dictionary. Some of the entries contain encyclopedic information, and a Latin gramma. This book was created by John Balbi of Genoa in 1286. The work was uitilized in the late Middle Ages to interpret the Bible. The Catholicon was made without the use of moveable presses.
Nuremberg Chronicle (1493)
The Nuremberg Chronicle is an illustrated encyclopedia consisting of world historical accounts, as well as accounts told through biblical paraphrase. Subjects include human history in relation to the Bible. It was created in Hartmann Schedel in 1493. It was originally written in Latin. It is one of the best documented early printed books and one of the first to successfully integrate illustrations and text.
Diamond Sutra (868)
The Diamond Sutra is known as the oldest printed book. It dates back to the Tang Dynasty when woodblock printing was first invented. Diamond Sūtra is one of the most influential Mahayana sutras in East Asia. The text was originally discovered in 1900 by a monk in Dunhuang, China. The Diamond Sutra is relatively short, with only 6,000 words and is part of a larger canon of sutras (sacred texts) in Mahayana Buddhism. The Diamond Sutra is a conversation between the Buddha’s pupil Subhati and his master.
References
Catholicon. The Library of Congress. (n.d.). https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbc0001.2012rosen0031/
Early Writing. Harry Ransom Center RSS. (n.d.). https://web.archive.org/web/20180106024514/http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/educator/modules/gutenberg/books/early/
Treasures of the library : Nuremberg Chronicle. Cambridge Digital Library. (n.d.). http://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PR-INC-00000-A-00007-00002-00888/1
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