text indicates the presence or knowledge of any kind of Asian movable type or movable type imprint in Europe before 1450. The material evidence is even more conclusive."

Europe

According to a tradition in Feltre and Lombardy, an Italian engraver named Panfilo Castaldi (1398-1490) introduced movable type to Europe after having seen Chinese books brought by Marco Polo. Inspired by the

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