An even older Korean book printed by moveable metal type?

Tue 1 Nov 2022, Day 50/61. Some scholars claim the oldest book printed by moveable metal type is not the Korean Jikji of 1377 but a 1239 Korean Buddhist text, the Jeungdoga. Gutenberg’s 42 line bible was printed c 1455.

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221028000652

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