Geometria

Contributor:

Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1700

Description:

Mathematical treatise with diagrams, illustrations, and exercises. Topics include planar geometry, trigonometry, logarithms, stereometry, perspective, and horology (measurement of time with sundials).

Language:

German

Provenance:

Sold by Martayan Lan (New York) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Aug. 1999.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

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/ljs320.html

Subject:

Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Geometry; Trigonometry -- Early works to 1800; Trigonometry; Horology -- Early works to 1800; Sundials -- Early works to 1800; Sundials; Mathematics -- Study and teaching -- Early works to 1800; Mathematics -- Study and teaching; Horology

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Treatises; Diagrams; Pen and wash drawings; Manuscripts, German; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

92 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 154 x 94 (145 x 83) mm bound to 162 x 110 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from caption title (p.1).; Pagination: Paper, ii + 83 + vii leaves; [iv], 1-159, [160-166]; contemporary pagination in green ink, upper outer corners, slightly trimmed.; Layout: Written in approximately 30 long lines; text block framed with double-fillet borders in black ink.; Script: Written in cursive script.; Decoration: Geometrical and surveying drawings and diagrams throughout, in three or four colored inks and sometimes with wash; rubrics and headings in red ink.; Binding: Marbled paper over boards with title label Geometria on upper cover.; Origin: Written in Germany in the 18th century.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; German, with Latin headings and terms.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 320

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)