The following marriage license applications were received by the Marion County Circuit Clerkâs Office during the week of Feb. 5: â¢ Bruce Christopher Jr. of Columbia and Bettina Consuela Smith of Columbia. â¢ Shandose Chance Stuart of Columbia and Shelbi Kathleen Broome of Columbia.
By the 9th century, Chinese craftsmen had developed a way to mass produce books by carving words and pictures into wooden blocks, inking them, and then pressing paper onto the blocks. Each block consisted of an entire page of text and illustrations.
Woodblock Printing and Movable Type Printing. Printing is listed as one of the four great inventions of ancient China. The earliest surviving printed text in China dates from before 220 CE (while in Egypt from the 4th century). The text was a few woodblock printed fragments of silk from the Han Dynasty. The earliest example of woodblock printing on paper is dated in the mid-7th century. Printing on paper became popular in Tang Dynasty, with the earliest extant complete printed book, the Diamond Sutra in 868, found at Mogao Grotto.