Della Quercia's earliest work ( though this attribution is sometimes contested ) appears in the Lucca cathedral: Man of Sorrows ( Altar of the Sacrament ) and a relief on the tomb of St. Aniello.

Manuscripts, Nero A. II, in the British Museum ), written about the middle of the eighth century, probably by an Irish monk in France, is found perhaps the earliest attribution of the Milan use to St. Ambrose, though it quotes the authority of St. Augustine, probably alluding to the passage already mentioned: " Est et alius cursus quem refert beatus augustinus episcopus quod beatus ambrosius propter hereticorum ordinem dissimilem composuit quem in italia antea de cantabatur " ( There is yet another Cursus which the blessed Bishop Augustine says that the blessed Ambrose composed because of the existence of a different use of the heretics, which previously used to be sung in Italy ).

However, according to Holmyard, the earliest manuscript attribution of the work to Maslama al-Majriti was made by the alchemist al-Jildaki, who died shortly after 1360, while Ibn Khaldun died some 20 years later.

The maxillary sinus was first discovered and illustrated by Leonardo da Vinci, but the earliest attribution of significance was given to Nathaniel Highmore, the British surgeon and anatomist who described in detail in his 1651 treatise.

His coral, a set of variations on a ground bass, is considered to be the earliest music written for the solo violin by an English composer ; however, its attribution is not completely certain, for another source dated 1684 gives the name of another composer.

We thus find ourselves in presence of a draftsman of the school of Pollaiuolo, some of whose drawings bear an ancient attribution to Finiguerra, while all agree with what is otherwise known of him, and one or two are exactly repeated in extant works of niello, the craft which was peculiarly his own ; others being intimately related to the earliest or all but the earliest works of Florentine engraving, the kindred craft which tradition avers him to have practiced, and which Vasari erroneously believed him to have invented.

* The earliest and best known manuscripts omit the words " in Ephesus ", rendering the phrase simply as " to the saints ... the faithful in Christ Jesus " ( NIV alternative translation ).

) The earliest use of the phrase seems to have been in an IBM advertising supplement to the New York Times published on April 30, 1961 and by Frank Fremont-Smith, Director of the American Institute of Biological Sciences Interdisciplinary Conference Program, in an April 1961 article in the AIBS Bulletin ( p.

The earliest use of the phrase is a quote from the Westminster Magazine of 1774: " He had no inclination for a Broomstick-marriage ", the person in question simply stating that he did not want to go through a ceremony that had no legal validity, it having been suggested to him that he would pretend to be marrying by having a French sexton read the marriage service to him and his young bride.

Although some books ( in particular guidebooks ) suggest that the mazes on cathedral floors served as substitutes for pilgrimage paths, the earliest attested use of the phrase " chemin de Jerusalem " ( path to Jerusalem ) dates to the late 18th century when it was used to describe mazes at Reims and Saint-Omer.

Some books ( guidebooks in particular ) suggest that mazes on cathedral floors originated in the medieval period as alternatives to pilgrimage to the Holy Land, but the earliest attested use of the phrase " chemin de Jerusalem " ( path to Jerusalem ) dates to the late 18th century when it was used to describe mazes at Reims and Saint-Omer.

The earliest recorded usage of the phrase is dated 1660.

" The earliest known use of the phrase was by Cicero in his speech Pro Milone.

Josephus records the earliest account of the false but understandable etymology that the Greek phrase Hyksos stood for the Egyptian phrase Hekw Shasu meaning the Bedouin-like Shepherd Kings, which scholars have only recently shown means " rulers of foreign lands.

The earliest known published use of the phrase in its current sense is from the July 1956 issue of Kentucky Happy Hunting Ground, where it appears in an article titled " Kentucky Afield Fishing Derbies Are Underway ".

The earliest known occurrence of the full phrase, in the form " There ain't no such thing as free lunch ", appears as the punchline of a joke related in an article in the El Paso Herald-Post of June 27, 1938, entitled " Economics in Eight Words ".

The earliest Latin example is by Tertullian ( c. 220 ), who used the phrase to describe a mixed substance with composite properties such as electrum, a somewhat different sense than the modern meaning.

The earliest known instance of the phrase Vicarius Filii Dei is in the Donation of Constantine, now dated between the eighth and the ninth centuries AD.

The earliest extant record of a Protestant writer on this subject and addressing the phrase Vicarius Filii Dei is Andreas Helwig in 1612.

One of the earliest records of this phrase in print was in the Maryland ( USA ) newspaper The Capital, January 1973, in the article " How To Be Liberated ":

" This is possibly the earliest documented application of the phrase " Father of His Country " to Washington.

The earliest evidence of the phrase spelling bee in print dates back to 1825, although the contests had apparently been held before that year.

The earliest mention of the phrase sustainable industries appeared in 1997 in a story about a Japanese group reforesting a tropical forest to help create sustainable industries for the local populace.

" However, the phrase is not found in any of Disraeli's works and the earliest known appearances were years after his death.

The earliest instance of the phrase found in print dates to a letter written June 8, 1891, published June 13, 1891, The National Observer p. 93 (- 94 ):

Saint Ignatius of Antioch, the earliest known writer to use the phrase " the catholic church ", excluded from the Church heterodox groups whose teaching and practice conflicted with those of the bishops of the Church, and considered that they were not really Christians.

" The earliest use of the phrase " public diplomacy " to surface is actually not American at all but in a leader piece from The Times in January 1856.

The earliest recorded use of the phrase as applied to New Zealand was as the title of a poem about New Zealand written by Thomas Bracken.

The Oxford English Dictionary has published references going back to 1718 for “ perfect storm ,” though the earliest citations use the phrase positively, as in a “ perfect storm ” of applause.

The usual form of baptism among the earliest Christians was for the naked candidate to be immersed totally ( submersion ) or partially ( standing or kneeling in water while water was poured on him or her ).

The tribuni maiores, the earliest central standing governing committee of the islands in the Lagoon, dated from c. 568.

Pierrot, on the other hand, as a " second " zanni, is a static character in his earliest incarnations, standing on the periphery of the action, dispensing advice that seems to him sage, and courting — unsuccessfully — his master's young daughter, Columbine, with bashfulness and indecision.

Bill sabotages the earliest attempts by Dave to get emergency and police help so that he ( Bill ) may get the exclusive story from interviewing Mike while he is standing on the ledge.

The William Alfred Moore house, built in 1860, is the earliest known structure still standing in Mount Airy.

The main site of the College incorporates four medieval halls: Bedel Hall, St Mary Hall, St Martin Hall and Tackley's Inn, the last being the earliest property acquired by the college and the oldest standing medieval hall in Oxford.

North Uist has many prehistoric structures, including the Barpa Langass chambered cairn, the Pobull Fhinn stone circle, the Fir Bhreige standing stones, the islet of Eilean Dòmhnuill ( which may be the earliest crannog site in Scotland ), and the Baile Sear roundhouses, which were exposed by storms in January, 2005.

Thutmose I erected an enclosure wall connecting the Fourth and Fifth pylons, which comprise the earliest part of the temple still standing in situ.

Other monastic establishments include the old Franciscan cloister ( 1635 ), Basilian convent ( 1720 – 51, by Giuseppe Fontana III ), the church of the Bridgettine cloister ( 1642, one of the earliest Baroque buildings in the region ) with the wooden two-storey dormitory ( 1630s ) still standing on the grounds, and the 18th-century buildings of the Dominican monastery ( its cathedral was demolished in 1874 ).

One of the earliest references to tourism is in the LNWR Tourist Guide for 1876, which waxed lyrical about the Ffestiniog Railway, which it illustrated with a drawing of a lady in Welsh national dress ( then still in regular local use ) travelling on an FR up train ( since many empty slate wagons – with two standing brakesmen – were attached at the rear ) with the caption " On the Ffestiniog Railway ".

It is one of the earliest Buddhist temples built entirely in brick that is still standing in India, from the late Gupta period.

: As to funeral rites, the earliest age is called the Age of Burning ; because all the dead were consumed by fire, and over their ashes were raised standing stones.

Also the earliest Gospel harmony, the Diatessaron of Tatian ( 160 – 175 AD ) refers to this incident which those standing on Golgotha witnessed.

Hill Street School ( originally a Jr. room and Sr. room, a teacher's room and principal's office, then later a Gr. 6-8 school ), the earliest school still standing in Corunna, located at the corner of Hill and Lyndock, was closed several years ago as well, and is now an O. P. P station.

Presently, there are no sepulchers left standing of the old baronial families, and the earliest graves date back only till 1710.

The United States Senate did not establish its first standing committees until 1816, so select committees performed the overwhelming majority of the committee work for the Senate during the earliest Congresses.

Frank said his earliest memory is of his mother standing on a stepladder in the foyer of the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, and arranging gladioli in the vases attached to the pillars.

A castle has stood on the site of Delgatie Castle since the year 1030 AD, although the earliest parts of the castle standing today were built between 1570 and 1579.

Other discoveries at Nekhen include the oldest tomb with painted decoration along its plaster walls that contains presumed religious scenes and images that include figures that will appear in Egyptian culture for three thousand years — a funerary cortege of barques, possibly a goddess standing between two upright lionesses, a wheel of various horned quadrupeds, several examples of a staff that became associated with the deity of the earliest cattle culture and one being help up by a heavy-breasted goddess, asses or zebras, ibex, ostriches, lionesses, impala, gazelles, and cattle.

One of the earliest buildings still standing was the corn mill, located on the side of the Killantrae burn to take advantage of the power provided by its water.

Indeed, the earliest settlement at Galway was called Dún Bhun na Gaillimhe, or " the town at the end of the Galway ( river )". Surfing the large standing wave at O ' Briens bridge

The earliest settings of the Magnificat alternate between polyphony and plainchant, but later devices included alternating singing between the two " sides " of the choir ( the singers standing on either side of the conductor, known as Decani and Cantoris ), between soloists and the full ensemble, and between singers in various parts of the building.

The earliest hammer-beamed building still standing in England is located in Winchester, in Winchester Cathedral Close, next to the Dean's garden, and is known as the Pilgrims ' Hall, now part of The Pilgrims ' School.

It is the oldest runestone still standing at its original location, and it may be the earliest inscription to mention the word runo, " rune.