(Q3897)
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Cose di geometria /
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Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalità.
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Pacioli, Luca, approximately 1445-1517
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Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
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Manuscripts, Renaissance
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Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
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Architecture--Orders--Early works to 1800
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Italian (Venetian dialect), with three recipes in Latin (f. 17r)
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[after 1494]
15. century
1494Gregorian
1494Gregorian
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Extent: 18 leaves : paper, illustrations ; 204 x 150 mm bound to 212 x 158 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Origin: Written in Italy, probably in Venice, after 1494 (date of first edition of Pacioli's Summa and dates of watermarks).
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Title for manuscript from opening rubrics for component works (f. 1r, 8v).
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Watermark: Similar to Briquet Aigle 87 (Florence, 1495; Venice) and Aigle 88 (Florence, 1498; Pisa, 1497-1502; Venice, 1498).
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Decoration: Small geometric diagrams in first work (f. 2v-8r), some with points lettered or captioned in faint red ink; 2-line faint red initials in first work (f. 1r-6r); rubrics in faint red ink throughout.
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Script: Written in humanistic cursive (italic) script in one hand, with recipes added at the end by a slightly later hand (f. 17r-18r).
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Layout: Written in 18-28 long lines.
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Foliation: Paper, 18; 1-16, [17-18], contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
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Binding: Modern calf, blind-ruled.
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Sold by Les Enluminures (Paris and Chicago) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, 2007.
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Formerly held in a private collection in Europe.
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Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
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27 August 2023
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27 August 2023
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