[Mathematical tables]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

0500

Description:

Fragment of board coated with gesso, with a pair of holes along the long side for ties to other boards in a simple codex. 5 columns of Greek numerals demonstrating division by 8 on recto; verso stained dark brown.

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Provenance:

Appears in Charles Ede Ltd.'s catalog Writing and lettering in antiquity IX (1983), no. 29.; Formerly held in a private collection in Texas.; Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 2 December 1997, lot 93, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Relation:

Video orientation: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1338707; 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/ljs228.html

Subject:

Mathematics, Ancient; Mathematics -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Tables (Data); Manuscripts, Greek -- 6th century; Manuscripts, Greek -- 7th century

Physical Description:

1 board fragment : wood; 95 x 390 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. fragment.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Layout: Written in 5 columns, in landscape orientation.; Origin: Probably written in a Christian community in Fayyūm, Egypt, in the 6th or 7th century.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Greek numerals.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 228

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)