[Treatise on practical mathematical calculation]

Timespan:

Early works to 1900; Early works to 1800

Date:

1475

Description:

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.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 Jul. 2010, lot 28, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Relation:

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/ljs496.html

Subject:

Arithmetic -- Early works to 1900; Arithmetic; Mathematics -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics; Banks and banking -- Italy; Banks and banking; Merchants; Merchants -- Italy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); treatises; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance

Physical Description:

10 leaves : paper; 415 x 290 (270 x 180) mm bound to 420 x 300 mm

Geographic Subject:

Italy

Rights:

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

Notes:

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).; Foliation: Paper, 10; [1-10], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Single vertical catchword (f. 9v).; Layout: Written in 43-46 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Watermark: Similar to Briquet Aigle 81-90 (Tuscany, 1475-1507).; Binding: 19th-century marbled pasteboard with parchment spine and pastedowns of printed leaves from a 19th-century archaeological work.; Origin: Written in Italy in the last quarter of the 15th century (Sotheby's).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize LJS 496

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)