MS. Bodl. 584
Summary Catalogue no.: 2356
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Combination of two manuscripts given separately in 1602, see below.
MS. Bodl. 584 – Part 1
Contents
Part of a mathematical treatise, consisting chiefly of notes on one of fra Luca Pacioli's works
The first part of the manuscript is chiefly arithmetical, then from fol. 12 geometrical
At fol. 59 are notes on Apollonius Pergaeus and at fol. 69 on cubes
The text was attributed to Niccolò Tartaglia (d. 1557) in some earlier scholarship, but Arnaldo Massotti suggested it comprises notes of the 16th-century mathematician Richard Wentworth, a pupil of Tartaglia (A. Massotti, 'Rarità tartagliane', in Niccolò Tartaglia (Brescia, 1960), pp. 129-30). Fol. 12: 'Questo me era domandato a messer Nicolo Tartalia. 1539. a dj. 7. de settembre',
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Given by Dr. William Hakewill, in 1602, described as 'Memorial nuova come si crede di Nic. Tartalea', see fol. v.
MS. Bodl. 584 – Part 2
Contents
Translation from Middle English into Latin by Thomas Fishlake
Physical Description
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Given by Walter Cope in 1602, described as 'Libellus Walteri Hilton ex Anglico in Lat. de Imagine Dei'.
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-12-26: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)