sub-fonds GB 0117 MS/28 - Euclidis Elementa

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0117 MS/28

Title

Euclidis Elementa

Date(s)

  • 13th century (Creation)

Level of description

sub-fonds

Extent and medium

1 volume

Context area

Name of creator

Repository

Archival history

GB 0117 MS/28 13th century Sub-fonds 1 volume Abelard of Bath

Latin translation attributed to Abelard of Bath, of Euclid's geometry ending imperfectly near the beginning of book 15 in the propsition 'intra propsitum cubum corpus habens iiij bases triangulas equalium laterum resignare'. Written in England

Open

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Latin

Codex membranaceus

MS/15 also has notes written in the same hand which writes marginalia in MS/28.

Copied from the Royal Society catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Feb 2009. Mathematics Geometry

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Latin translation attributed to Abelard of Bath, of Euclid's geometry ending imperfectly near the beginning of book 15 in the propsition 'intra propsitum cubum corpus habens iiij bases triangulas equalium laterum resignare'. Written in England

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

No publication without written permission. Apply to Archivist in the first instance.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Latin

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

MS/15 also has notes written in the same hand which writes marginalia in MS/28.

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Subject access points

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Institution identifier

Royal Society

Rules and/or conventions used

General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Language(s)

  • English