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daughter, Maria, who was first noticed the painting of bison on the
ceiling of a side chamber.
Clay Tablets- Clay tablets were used as a writing medium,
especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and
well into the Iron Age. Cuneiform characters were imprinted on a
wet clay tablet with a stylus often made of reed (reed pen).
Text on clay tablets took the forms of myths, fables, essays, hymns,
proverbs, epic poetry, laws, plants, and animals. Clay tablet used
by the individual to record who and what was significant.
Papyrus – it is a plant material similar to thick paper that was
used in ancient times as a writing surface.
The English word ‘paper’ comes from the word ‘papyrus’ – but the
Egyptians found many uses for the plant other than a writing
surface for documents and texts. Papyrus was a chunky, paper –
like matter produced from the core of the Cyperus papyrus plants
which was used in ancient Egypt and other Mediterranean
cultures for writing way before the paper making in China. Also,
papyrus was used as a food source, to make rope, for sandals, for
boxes and baskets and mats, as window shades, material for toys
such as dolls, as amulets to ward off throat diseases, and even to
make small fishing boats.
Acta Diurna in Rome – It is the daily Roman official notices, a
sort of daily gazette. They were carved on stone or metal and
presented in message boards in public places like the Forum of
Rome. They were also called simply Acta. The first form of Acta
appeared around 131 BC during the Roman Republic.
Dibao in China- A type of publication issued by central and local
governments in imperial China. They have been called "palace
reports" or "imperial bulletins". Dibao were important because
they were used as media for regulation and circulation of
government’s official reports and announcements to masses.
Codex in the Mayan Region – A folding books stemming from the
pre-Columbian Maya civilization, written in Maya hieroglyphic
script on Mesoamerican paper, made from the inner bark of
certain trees, the main being the wild fig tree or Amate (Ficus
Glabrata), this paper was named by the Mayas Huun, and
contained many Glyph and paintings.
Printing Press using Woodblocks – A technique for printing text,
images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and
originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on
textiles and later paper. As a method of printing on cloth, the
earliest surviving examples from China date to before 220 AD, and
woodblock printing remained the most common East Asian
method of printing books and other texts, as well as images, until
the 19th century.
Ukiyo-e is best known type of Japanese woodblock art print. Most
European uses of the technique for printing images on paper are
covered by the art term woodcut, except for the block-books
produced mainly in the 15th century.
Industrial Age
People used the power of steam and developed power-driven
machine tools to replace hand tools, established iron
production and the manufacturing of various products
including books through the printing press. Media and
information were being shared or relayed through:
1. Printing press for mass production (19th Century)
a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a
print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the
ink. Typically used for texts, the invention and spread of the
printing press was one of the most influential events in the second
millennium.
The printing press was invented in the Holy Roman Empire by the
German Johannes Gutenberg around 1440, based in existing
screw presses. Gutenberg, a goldsmith by profession, developed a
printing system, by adapting existing technologies to printing
purposes, as well as making inventions of his own.
2.Newspaper – The London Gazette (1640)
It is a serial publication containing news about current events,
other informative articles about politics, sports, arts, and
advertising.