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Re: Graphic Presentation (1939)

#7

Post by shmageggy »

ginko wrote: post #3
red_admiral wrote: post #2

Is (1939) the oldest date reference on HN so far?

Almost certainly not. Just today we had a (1940) submission[1] and I remember stuff from the 19th century at least. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39438773

These are fairly easy to find using HN search (https://hn.algolia.com)

Here's one from 1584: Natural Magick (1584) 67 points by brudgers on Oct 8, 2019 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21180895)

I'm sure you could easily go back further

Re: Graphic Presentation (1939)

#10

Post by madcaptenor »

shmageggy wrote: post #7
ginko wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Almost certainly not. Just today we had a (1940) submission[1] and I remember stuff from the 19th century at least. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39438773

These are fairly easy to find using HN search ( https://hn.algolia.com ) Here's one from 1584: Natural Magick (1584) 67 points by brudgers on Oct 8, 2019 ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21180895 ) I'm sure you could easily go back further

Back to 1300:

Adriaen Coenen’s Fish Book (1580) : https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10267645

That to Study Philosophy Is to Learn to Die (1580): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26611980

The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25735432

Qvestions of Love, and the Ansvvers (1566): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11836805

Concerning Prohibited Books (1563): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31139174

Magia Naturalis (1558): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20736083

Bruegel the Elder’s “Big Fish Eat Little Fish” (1556): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30603305

De Re Metallica (1556): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8381659

The Journey of Cabeza de Vaca (1542): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39247090

Carta Marina (1539): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29369517, submitted multiple times

Tabulae anatomicae by Andreas Vesalius (1538): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29369517, submitted multiple times

Chapter III. Concerning Mixed Principalities (1532): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30450709 (an excerpt from Machiavelli)

The Very First Written Use of the F Word in English (1528): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7220683 (although the post it links to wasn't written in 1528)

Albrecht Dürer’s Pillow Studies (1493): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30496850

Leonardo Da Vinci’s To Do List (circa 1490): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13187316

Kitchen Appliances: Bedlam in da Vinci's kitchen (1490): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11890162

Leonardo da Vinci’s Handwritten Resume (1482): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7102356

Evrard D'Espinque’s Illuminations of De Proprietatibus Rerum (Ca. 1480) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33117656

The Virgin and Child, three heads in profile and other sketches (c. 1478-1480): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31054300

The Ideal City (1480-1484): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9284222

Destroy the printing press (1473): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15921971

Behold the Nebulous Smear: al-Sūfī's Illustrated Book of Fixed Stars (ca. 1430): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38080228

The Flower of Battle: Italian Fighting Manual (1410): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29818057

Equatorie of the Planetis (1393): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7813851

Isabella of Valois, Queen of England, married at the age of 6 (1389): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37460751

Marckalada: The First Mention of America in the Mediterranean Area (C. 1340): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34416544

The Divine Comedy (1321): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8710792

Towards the end multiples of 10 become more common - I suspect a lot of the years aren't exact. Also some (1528, 1389) are "when the thing happened" and not "when the text was written"

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