• [Practica geometriae].

Extent:

• 220 leaves : paper ; 290 x 210 mm.

Date:

• 1500

Language:

• Latin

Author:

• Fibonacci, Leonardo, approximately 1170-approximately 1240

Abstract:

• Concerns geometry.

Contents:

• fols. 1-220r: Practica geometriae.
• fols. 220v: Recipe for making glue to seal a barrel.

Description:

• Ms. codex.
• Decoration: geometrical figures, spaces reserved for initials.
• Origin: Written in Tuscany by 2 scribes of the 16th century.

Binding note:

• Half-calf.

Provenance:

• Number 2 and then was no. 255 in same 18th-century library as Scheide M 78 (= 859).

Contributor:

• Princeton University Library. Manuscript. Scheide 32.

References:

• De Ricci, p. 2125, no. 32

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9934976363506421

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