DYABOLA - CENSUS-Manual
2.6 Search for a date-range

We will be searching for renaissance documents created between 1450 and 1460. Choose the option 'Dates' in the quick search menu.

Now insert into a further menu the date range relevant for your search. In the top line (from:) the first day, i.e. '1450:01:01'; and in the next line '1459:12:31'.

Please note the format 'YYYY:MM:DD'!
Pressing 'y' (yes) after the term 'overlapping' would include all dates overlapping the decade 1450/1460, e.g. 'ante 1500' in the search. In our example we will choose 'n' for 'no'.
Press Shift + Return to start the search.
We receive 19 entries. These entries are shown in the form of title cards. We can browse through these by using the 'page up' and 'page down' keys. We stop at the entry '1452'.

 

Press the right arrow key to access the information contained on the data sheet:



The heading 'documentation' contains all renaissance documents which are dated to the year 1452. The heading 'born' contains the name of Leonardo da Vinci.
Move the cursor to the desired entry and press 's' to access the data. You may wish to create a single result containing all renaissance documents for the decade 1450-1460.
Simply open one of the 19 data records found, position the cursor on the heading 'documentation', and press Return. A familiar menu will appear.

Choose the option 'collect all links/...' and press Return. A green window will appear asking you whether you want to collect links to renaissance documents from all 19 data entries found, or only from the data entry you have currently accessed.

Here we will, of course, answer 'y' for 'yes'.
A menu will then appear which can be used for advanced searching (see the relevant chapter).



Simply choose the prefigured 'ignore linked entries' and press Return. A further menu will appear, offering the option to create a new result file.

In our example we will continue by using the option 'replace existing result'. For Accessing the new/expanding result press Esc to switch from the quick search menu to the main menu.

Move the cursor to the option '...display result' and press Return. The right hand window displaying the results has the last result on the top of the list.
Simply press Return to access this result.
You can browse through the result by using the 'page up' and 'page down' keys.
Press 'f' for photographs (if available) and 's' for browsing through the data sheets.