The oldest movable metal type book
Known as the Oldest movable metal book type, Jikji was
published in 1377 at Heungdeoksa, Cheongju-mok. The purpose of Jikji was to
help teach students of Buddhism by combining the teachings of the most popular
Buddhist monks over the years. Originally the book was published in two
volumes, but later were separated and now only 38 sheets of the second volume
are still in existence. Collin de Plancy who was a French diplomat and art
collector first showed Jikji to the public in 1900 at the Paris Exposition and
later donated it to the National Library of France where it still is to this
day.
Chong kan Tian wen mi lüe : yi juan
The Chong kan Tian wen mi lüe : yi juan is a rare book that contains celestial maps and information about astronomy of the time (Shaoshu et al., 1615). Originally published in China Ming Wanli 43 nian, 1615, this rare example of a Chinese book is now housed in the Library of Congress and can be viewed digitally on their website. This collection gives us a view into pre-modern China. It is significant today because it gives us a look into not only astronomy of the time but how knowledge was communicated.
Arrival of the first newspapers
This is a photograph of the first newspapers to be
transported by air to Normanton, Australia on July 1st 1927. Looking at the
photograph the viewer can see that this was an important event for the time.
The newspaper was flown on a DH 50 aircraft which was built by Qantas (1927). This is
significant because it opened current news and world events to areas that might
have been limited to older or slower forms of communication.
The photograph is part of the E.A.Crome collection that
focuses on aviation in Australia at the National Library of Australia (1927). If it
wasn't for photographs like this we would not have such a detailed look at this
milestone in aviation as well as newspaper history.
References
(1927). Arrival of the first newspapers to go by air to Normanton, aircraft was a Perseus, a DH 50 built by Qantas at Longreach, 1 July 1927. http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-144684965
Hu, X., Zhou, Y., Xie, C., Dong, S. & Chinese Rare Book
Collection. (1615) Chong kan Tian wen mi lüe: yi juan. [China: s.n., Ming Wanli
43 nian] [Image] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012402803/.
Jikji. (1377). The oldest movable metal type book [Photograph]. Jikji Early Printing Museum. https://artsandculture.google.com/exhibit/the-invention-of-movable-metal-type-goryeo-technology-and-wisdom/jQLywilonG6kIg
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