| | Year | | Event | Keyword |
| | 751 | | Papermaking introduced in the Islamic world | PAPER |
| | 800 | | Marbling in Japan, first Turkish marbled paper 1586, first Dutch 1598 | MARBLING |
| | 800 | | Kells, Book of. written and painted at the Columbian monastery of | KELLS |
| | Iona or at the Abbey of Kells in Ireland. 340 folia survived. Since |
| | 1661 in Trinity College, Dublin |
| | 800 | | Marbling in Japan, first Turkish marbled paper 1586, first Dutch 1598 | PAPER |
| | 868 | | The first book printed on paper in China, in block printed Buddhist | PAPER |
| | scripts. |
| | 868 | | China, oldest known woodblock printing (method was in use much | WOODBLOCK |
| | earlier) |
| | 896 | | Colophon, oldest known manuscript colophon, in Books of the | COLOPHON |
| | Prophets written by Moses ben Asher in Tiberias. |
| | 896 | | Colophon, oldest known manuscript colophon, in Books of the | MOSES BEN ASHER |
| | Prophets written by Moses ben Asher in Tiberias. |
| | 950 | | Winchester School, 950-1100, characteristic style of manuscript | WINCHESTER |
| | illumination |
| | 954 | | Abingdon Monastery founded by Aethelwold, monks famous for | ABINGDON |
| | manuscript illumination, Winchester School |
| | 1041 | | In 1403 the earliest known book was printed from movable type in | MOVABLE TYPE |
| | Korea, a process which had been used by the Chinese as early as |
| | 1041. In 1450 Gutenberg printed his 42-line Bible in Mainz on a |
| | quality of handmade paper which remains unsurpassed to this day. |
| | 26 Years later William Caxton brought the art of printing to England, |
| | and in 1486 the first English colored illustrated book was printed in |
| | 1068 | | Fatimite. Library of the Fatimite family (Cairo) destroyed by the Turks | FATIMITE |
| | 1085 | | Papermaking in Jativa Spain | PAPER |
| | 1140 | | Winchester Bible, 1140-1190, English late Romanesque illumination | BIBLE |
| | 1140 | | Winchester Bible, 1140-1190, English late Romanesque illumination | WINCHESTER |
| | 1147 | | Utrecht Psalter, Eadwine Psalter, copy of the Utrecht Psalter, | UTRECHT PSALTER |
| | example of Canterbury Romanesque written at Christchurch by |
| | 1238 | | Papermaking mill established in Capellades, Catalonia | PAPER |
| | 1250 | | the first record of block printing (on paper?) in Egypt. | BLOCK PRINTING |
| | 1250 | | Fore Edge Painting, first on French psalter manuscript | FORE EDGE |
| | 1276 | | The important invention of watermarking was made at one of the | WATERMARK |
| | Fabriano Mills in Tuscany during the second half of the 13th century. |
| | One can assume that the reason for the watermark was to give the |
| | product a branded trade mark of superior quality. There exists a |
| | remarkable archive of Fabriano watermarks going back to the first |
| | one in 1276, showing a mark for each year until modern times. |
| | 1276 | | Paper. First paper mill established in Italy | PAPER |
| | 1282 | | Watermark, Oldes know watermark (Italy) | PAPER |
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