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MS. Arch. Selden. B. 13

Summary Catalogue no.: 3359

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Rubric: Euclidis philosophi Socratici ... liber elementorum artis Geometrice, translatus ab Arabico in Latinum per Adelardum Goth' Bathoniensem, sub commento magistri Canipani Nouariensis .15. continens distincciones

The fifteen books

(fol. 2)
Archimedes, Dimensio circuli
Rubric: Liber Arsamithis de mensura circuli
Incipit: Omnis circulus triangulo

In a different hand.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 66 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 14.625 × 10.625 in.

Layout

2 cols

Decoration

Decorative capitals

Many diagrams

History

Origin: 13th century, late ; England

Provenance and Acquisition

John Selden, 1584–1654

Acquired by the Bodleian in 1659

Record Sources

Description adapted (September 2023) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1922)
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 2 Part 1, p. 618

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (11 images from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2023-09-22: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1922)