MS. Hatton 108
Summary Catalogue no.: 4032
Contents
, De abaco
Incipit: Adjuvante Domino aliquid in abacum scripturi
Explicit: toto loco ab eo multi||
The first gathering of an anonymous treatise on the abacus, of which a complete copy exists in MS. Selden Supra 25, fol. 106v
ed. A. Nagl, in Abhandlungen zur Geschichte der Mathematik 5 (1890), 96–133, here breaking off at 103 (fol. 8r line 3)..
Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: iii + 20 leaves of which i-1, 10-20 are blank paper: 8 medieval leaves
Dimensions (binding): 5.5 × 4 in.
History
Origin: 12th century
Provenance and Acquisition
Christopher, first Baron Hatton (d. 1670)
Bought in 1671 by the Bodleian through the London bookseller Robert Scot (b. in or before 1632, d. 1709/1710); see Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 2, p. 801
Record Sources
Description adapted (May 2024) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1937)
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2024-05-13: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1937)