You can now view, for free, the oldest book in the world. No it’s not the Gutenberg Bible. It is a woodblock printed copy of the Buddhist Diamond Sutra printed and preserved centuries before the west had paper and the printing press.
Click on the image to view the sutra at the British Library Turning the Pages site.
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Published on April 05, 2016 09:00