In the educational video “History of Books,” the first error I found is the invention time of Codex. In the video, the illustration expresses that it was invented in the 4th century by Greeks. However, the correct answer is that the Romans started to use it during the 1st century, according to Wikipedia.
Also, the paper was invented around 105 A.D. instead of 179BE shown in the video illustration. Chinese people invented paper for use in the packaging and protection in the beginning. Instead, for writing, they used silk.
In 0:52, the animation shows that the Chinese character “中国” is inked on the movable type. However, the Chinese character “国” has not yet used at that time. This is the modern simplified Chinese. During that time, people used “國”.
Moreover, the world’s first known movable type system for printing was created in China around A.D 1040.
Before the Printing press in the mid 15 century, the printing technique originated in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later on paper. As a method of printing on cloth, the earliest surviving examples from China date to before 220 A.D.
Nicolas Jenson created roman-style typeface but not Times Romans.
