Euclid — 13th century, third quarter; English
MS. Savile 19
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Euclid — 13th century, third quarter; English
Shelfmark
MS. Savile 19
Date
13th century, third quarter
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Binding
White leather on bevelled boards, with remains of loose outer cover and clasp, as no. 6564, 14th-15th-cent. English work.
Provenance
Oxford, Oxfordshire, Merton College: 'Liber domus scolarium de merton in oxon.' (MLGB3: evidence from an ex-libris inscription or note of gift to an institution).
= no. 22 in Electio of c. 1410 at Merton College (Powicke, Books of Merton, p. 68). (MLGB3)
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Title
The 15 books of the Elements of Euclid
Shelfmark
MS. Savile 19
Summary
The 15 books of the Elements of Euclid, in the Latin version usually ascribed to Adelard of Bath, but not identical with that described in H. Weissenborn's 'Die Übersetzung des Euklid aus dem arabischen in das lateinische ...' (Abh. zur Geschichte der Mathematik, iii (1877), 143). beg. 'Punctus est cuius pars non est'. There is a 15th-cent. table of contents, half erased, on fol. 1.
Date
Written in the 3rd quarter of the 13th century in England
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment, binding, white leather on bevelled boards, with remains of loose outer cover and clasp, as no. 6564, 14th-15th-cent. English work
Physical extent
158 leaves with numerous diagrams
Custodial history
The binding suggests that this (as MSS. Savile 18, 20) belonged to the Franciscans of Doncaster.
Labelled '19'
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Collection contents
The 15 books of the Elements of Euclid
