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New York, Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Plimpton Add. MS 06
 
 Description:  —  ff. 60  —  Bound, s. XVI (?), in orange limp vellum.  —  Probably produced in the monastery of S. Antonio, in the circle of Valeriano Albini, possibly for Guillaume Pellicier. George A. Plimpton (1855-1936).  —  Bond and Faye, p. 325.
 AcknowledgmentsDr. Nadezhda Kavrus-Hoffmann kindly supplied the information for this description.
 Number of Parts: 1  —  Number of Images Available: 3
 
 
 

Part  1: ff. 1-60

 
Description:Paper208 x 155. 20 lines. Ruling pattern D 24D1.
Country:Italy?Cardinal point: northeastern?
Region: Veneto?City: Venice?
Assigned Date: s. XVI2/4 Searchable Date Range: 1525-1550
Dated by scribeNoInscribed Date:
DocumentNoNumber of Scribes:
AlphabetGreek
ScriptScholarly cursive.
Other DecorationGeometrical designs in the margins.
Number of Texts:  2
 
 
 
Text 1 of 2: ff. 1-60
 
AuthorHero of Alexandria
Title Geometrica (Ἥρῶνος ἀρχὴ τῶν γεωμετρουμένων)
Incipit(f. 2r) Καθὼς ἡμᾶς ὁ παλαιὸς διδάσκει λόγος…
Explicit(f. 52r)….τοσούτων ἔσται σχοινίων τὸ ἐμβαδὸν τοῦ τμήματος//.
Language(s)Greek
NotesDefective at the end from 19:2 to 24:51.
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Text 2 of 2: ff.1r-2r
 
AuthorEuclid
TitleElements, book 1HOR, 1-23 (ascribed to Hero of Alexandria) (Ἡρῶνος περὶ γεωμετρουμένων ὅροι…)
Incipit(f. 1r) Σημεῖόν ἐστιν, οὗ μέρος οὐδέν. Γραμμὴ δὲ μῆκος ἀπλατές…
Explicit(f.1v) …εἰς ἄπειρον ἐφ’ ἑκάτερα τὰ μέρη ἐπὶ μηδέτερα συμπίπτουσιν ἀλλήλαις.
Language(s)Greek
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