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A Utah expert is studying the world’s oldest movable-type book — and it’s not the Gutenberg Bible

A University of Utah researcher is leading a team to study the 14th century Korean book called Jikji.

(University of Utah) Scans of pages of the Gutenberg Bible, top, and Jikji, a Korean Buddhist book that was printed decades before Gutenberg's work. A University of Utah researcher is among those leading a study of the Korean book, believed to be the oldest surviving book printed with movable metal type.