Algorismus

Contributor:

Scarella, Stefano (former owner)

Name:

Muscarello, Pietro Paolo

Timespan:

Early works to 1900; Early works to 1800

Date:

1478

Description:

Pedagogical treatise on commercial and practical arithmetic, with extensive use of arabic numerals and problems illustrated with scenes from daily life.; 1. f.i recto-iv verso: [Multiplication tables]; 2. f.v recto-xii verso: [Table of contents]; 3. f.1r-101v: Algorismus.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Illuminated for a member of the Albertini family of Nola (their arms, f. 1r); 17th-century inscription, Stefano Scarella di San Remo (f. 102v).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 23 June 1992, lot 73, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1330539; The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs27.html; Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/80

Subject:

Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900; Arithmetic; Mathematics -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics; Merchants -- Italy; Merchants

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices (bound manuscripts); Drawings (visual works); Treatises; Manuscripts, Italian -- 15th century; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

113 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 213 x 154 (144 x 95) mm bound to 220 x 162 mm

Geographic Subject:

Nola (Italy); Italy

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from introduction (f. 1r).; Collation: Parchment, 113; 1-2⁶ 3¹⁰ 4¹⁰(+1) 5-8¹⁰ 9¹⁰(-1) 10⁸ 11¹⁰(-1) 12¹⁰ 13⁴; [i-xii], 1-62, 63-79, 81-101, [102-103]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper center. Vertical catchwords on last verso of gatherings 3-13, lower right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 31 long lines, with the table of contents in 2 columns; bounding lines ruled in faint ink, with the first line of text frequently above the upper horizontal bounding line.; Script: Written in a semi-cursive script in the hand of Pietro Paolo Muscarello.; Decoration: Full illuminated border including the arms of the Alberti family and 8-line inhabited initial showing a bearded man in a turban reading from a book (f. 1r); 54 illustrations in color (f. 58r-101r); one section of geometric diagrams (f. 87r-90r); 4 manicules (f. 17v, 46r, 48v, 49r); 3 initials in gold (f. v recto, 11r, 86r); decorated initials throughout in red or blue flourished in purple or red, sometimes including small images (for example, a rabbit (f. 2r) and a goose (f. 21r)); capitals touched in yellow; edges sprinkled in blue.; Binding: 18th-century mottled calf; gilt spine; marbled pastedowns.; Origin: Written in Nola, Italy, in 1478 (f. 101r).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 27

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)