according to www.dictionary.com....
Incunabulum \In`cu*nab"u*lum\, n.; pl. Incunabula. [L. incunabula
cradle, birthplace, origin. See 1st In-, and Cunabula.] A work of art or
of human industry, of an early epoch; especially, a book printed before
a. d. 1500.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA,
Inc.
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incunabula "swaddling clothes / infancy, birthplace / source, origin"
Source: IDP Latin Dictionary
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previously Blag muttered....
quoted 25 lines [this post has is excessively geeky, I apologize in advance.]
>[this post has is excessively geeky, I apologize in advance.]
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>Don't ask how I found this but:
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>go to http://cm.bell-labs.com/who/dmr/ and you'll find the homepage of one
>of the creators of unix: Dennis M. Ritchie!
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>On his page you'll find this quote:
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>"Some of the papers I get asked about have been converted to HTML or
>PostScript or other formats. For fun there are certain other incunabula"
> ^^^^^^^^^^
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>Obviously, this was the inspiration for the Ae album of the same name.
>This also backs up my theory of Autechre being the supreme music to code
>to, except for the Clash and sometimes Maria Callas, of course.
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>
>*code* *code*
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>.Bil.
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> soy una fotocopiadora||
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