I wonder what the cost of these would have been at the time, I’m guessing paper was at least an order of magnitude more expensive and the purchasing power was lower.
So many different little human trends, crafts, styles... lost to time. Makes you wonder what we're missing.
It seems the star may have been flattened, at least the version that I know is supposed to be 3D.
There's some interesting bug in HN. I can flag this but I can't hide this story. Hide works for anything else.
This is one of those histories that feel fake at the first sight.
If the title claims that the paper was cut around 1674, I don't see the proofs anywhere. I see again a lack of critical thinking to spot available alternatives that are more logical, or a try to make the history more appealing.
This paper seems made by a machine, does not have any fungus on it and is white (after 350 years should be yellow). Chemical processes to keep the paper white and free of fungus attack weren't invented until 1850.
The floorboards may have 350 years, but the materials in those photos seem very 20th.
What's normal to [them], amazes us! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McbdzzqVtDA
There was a similar one where they found paper aeroplanes in an old schoolhouse, that probably predated actual aeroplanes. Unfortunately the only report is in the Daily Mail, not exactly a reliable source:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2111963/Schoolboys-...