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It was a book from 1492, which contained numerous comet depictions, though later analysis revealed they were stylized woodcuts rather than independent drawings. It was a significant historical source.
So one of the first things that I did with Roberta was when we noticed that in a book called the Nuremberg Chronicle from 1492, there were a number of pictures of comets, one of them kept getting cite...
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It was a book from 1492, which contained numerous comet depictions, though later analysis revealed they were stylized woodcuts rather than independent drawings. It was a significant historical source.
So one of the first things that I did with Roberta was when we noticed that in a book called the Nuremberg Chronicle from 1492, there were a number of pictures of comets, one of them kept getting cited as the first drawing of a comet.
Just remind me, the Nuremberg Chronicles is a complete compilation of all knowledge up to that day, isn't that correct?
That's right. And it's an early incunabula. It's very important. And it's a huge volume.
But they tried to give the entire history of the world in terms of rulers and war. Everything, everything. It was just...
I have one page on my wall from the Nuremberg Chronicle that happens to have a comet in it, of course.