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[Mathematical tables].
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Oversize LJS 228
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Language:
- Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
- Subjects (All):
- Mathematics, Ancient.
- Mathematics--Early works to 1800.
- Mathematics.
- Genre:
- fragments (object portions)
- Tables (Data)
- Penn Provenance:
- Appears in Charles Ede Ltd.'s catalog Writing and lettering in antiquity IX (1983), no. 29.
- Formerly held in a private collection in Texas.
- Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 2 December 1997, lot 93, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
- Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
- Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.
- Physical Description:
- 1 board fragment : wood ; 95 x 390 mm
- Place of Publication:
- [Fayyūm?, Egypt], [between 500 and 699]
- Language Note:
- Greek numerals.
- Summary:
- Fragment of board coated with gesso, with a pair of holes along the long side for ties to other boards in a simple codex. 5 columns of Greek numerals demonstrating division by 8 on recto; verso stained dark brown.
- Notes:
- Ms. fragment.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Layout: Written in 5 columns, in landscape orientation.
- Origin: Probably written in a Christian community in Fayyūm, Egypt, in the 6th or 7th century.
- Local Notes:
- Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.
- Cited in:
- Described in Transformation of knowledge: early manuscripts from the collection of Lawrence J. Schoenberg (London: Paul Holberton, 2006), p. 35 (LJS 228).
- Cited as:
- LJS 228.
- OCLC:
- 823652985
- Online:
- The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page
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