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Beginning of a survey of practical applications of mathematics (abacho), algebra (alghorismo), and geometry (fighura) for commercial purposes such as banking or trade, in a larger format than most commercial mathematical manuscripts; missing leaves at end. Spaces left for initials ranging from 3 to 8 lines in height.
Support: paper; Extent: 10 leaves : 415 x 290 (270 x 180) mm. bound to 420 x 300 mm; Foliation: Paper, 10; [1-10], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Single vertical catchword (f. 9v).
Written in 43-46 long lines.
Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: [I]l volere sapere il prosimo di ciaschuno auto sanza danno ... (f. 1r; first omitted initial and first word uncertain).
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Italy
Written in Italy in the last quarter of the 15th century (Sotheby's).
19th-century marbled pasteboard with parchment spine and pastedowns of printed leaves from a 19th-century archaeological work.
Italian
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 Jul. 2010, lot 28, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Italy
Written in Italy in the last quarter of the 15th century (Sotheby's).
Italian
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 Jul. 2010, lot 28, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Beginning of a survey of practical applications of mathematics (abacho), algebra (alghorismo), and geometry (fighura) for commercial purposes such as banking or trade, in a larger format than most commercial mathematical manuscripts; missing leaves at end. Spaces left for initials ranging from 3 to 8 lines in height.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Incipit: [I]l volere sapere il prosimo di ciaschuno auto sanza danno ... (f. 1r; first omitted initial and first word uncertain).
Written in a cursive script by a single hand.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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