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Title

Algorismus.

Authors

• Muscarello, Pietro Paolo
• Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Other related names

• Scarella, Stefano, former owner

Call number

LJS 27
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9947974193503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/802409874
• https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs27.html http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4797419 https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p30g97 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/1330539

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

1478

Place

Nola

Summary

Pedagogical treatise on commercial and practical arithmetic, with extensive use of arabic numerals and problems illustrated with scenes from daily life.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from introduction (f. 1r).
   
• 3. f.1r-101v: Algorismus.
   
• 2. f.v recto-xii verso: [Table of contents]
   
• 1. f.i recto-iv verso: [Multiplication tables]
   

Extent

113 leaves : 213 x 154 (144 x 95) mm bound to 220 x 162 mm

Collation

Parchment, 113; 1-2⁶ 3¹⁰ 4¹⁰(+1) 5-8¹⁰ 9¹⁰(-1) 10⁸ 11¹⁰(-1) 12¹⁰ 13⁴; [i-xii], 1-62, 63-79, 81-101, [102-103]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper center. Vertical catchwords on last verso of gatherings 3-13, lower right recto.

Support

Parchment

Binding

18th-century mottled calf; gilt spine; marbled pastedowns.

Layout

Written in 31 long lines, with the table of contents in 2 columns; bounding lines ruled in faint ink, with the first line of text frequently above the upper horizontal bounding line.

Decoration

Full illuminated border including the arms of the Alberti family and 8-line inhabited initial showing a bearded man in a turban reading from a book (f. 1r); 54 illustrations in color (f. 58r-101r); one section of geometric diagrams (f. 87r-90r); 4 manicules (f. 17v, 46r, 48v, 49r); 3 initials in gold (f. v recto, 11r, 86r); decorated initials throughout in red or blue flourished in purple or red, sometimes including small images (for example, a rabbit (f. 2r) and a goose (f. 21r)); capitals touched in yellow; edges sprinkled in blue.

Script

Written in a semi-cursive script in the hand of Pietro Paolo Muscarello.

Provenance

• Illuminated for a member of the Albertini family of Nola (their arms, f. 1r); 17th-century inscription, Stefano Scarella di San Remo (f. 102v).
   
• Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 23 June 1992, lot 73, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
   

Subjects topical

• Arithmetic--Early works to 1900
• Mathematics--Early works to 1800
• Merchants--Italy
• Nola (Italy)

Genres

• drawings
• codices (bound manuscripts)
• treatises
• Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Italy
• Drawing
• Italian
• Mathematics

Licenses

• Text

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Algorismus, f. 1r

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Inhabited initial, Initial C, Bearded man in a turban reading from a book, f. 1r
• fol. 1r — Illuminated border, Coat of arms held by two angels, f. 1r
• fol. 1v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 1v
• fol. 1v — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 1v
• fol. 2r — Decorated initial, Initial L, f. 2r
• fol. 2r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 2r
• fol. 2r — Decorated initial, Initial N, Rabbit, f. 2r
• fol. 2v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 2v
• fol. 2v — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 2v
• fol. 3r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 3r
• fol. 3r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 3r
• fol. 3v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 3v
• fol. 4r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 4r
• fol. 4v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 4v
• fol. 5r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 5r
• fol. 5r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 5r
• fol. 5v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 5v
• fol. 6r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 6r
• fol. 6r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 6r
• fol. 6v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 6v
• fol. 7r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 7r
• fol. 7r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 7r
• fol. 7v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 7v
• fol. 7v — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 7v
• fol. 8r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 8r
• fol. 8r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 8r
• fol. 8v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 8v
• fol. 8v — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 8v
• fol. 9r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 9r
• fol. 9r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 9r
• fol. 9v — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 9v
• fol. 9v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 9v
• fol. 10r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 10r
• fol. 10r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 10r
• fol. 10v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 10v
• fol. 10v — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 10v
• fol. 11r — Illuminated initial Initial Q, f. 11r
• fol. 11r — Decorated initial, Initial Q, f. 11r
• fol. 11v — Decorated initial, Initial V, f. 11v
• fol. 11v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 11v
• fol. 12r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 12r
• fol. 12v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 12v
• fol. 12v — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 12v
• fol. 13r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 13r
• fol. 13v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 13v
• fol. 14r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 14r
• fol. 14v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 14v
• fol. 14v — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 14v
• fol. 15r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 15r
• fol. 15v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 15v
• fol. 16r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 16r
• fol. 16v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 16v
• fol. 17r — Decorated initial, Initial F, 17r
• fol. 17v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 17v
• fol. 17v — Drawing, Hand, f. 17v
• fol. 18r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 18r
• fol. 18v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 18v
• fol. 19r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 19r
• fol. 19v — Decorated initial, Initial F, 19v
• fol. 20r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 20r
• fol. 20v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 20v
• fol. 21r — Decorated initial, Initial F, Goose, f. 21r
• fol. 21v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 21v
• fol. 22r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 22r
• fol. 22r — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 22r
• fol. 22v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 22v
• fol. 23r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 23r
• fol. 23v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 23v
• fol. 24r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 24r
• fol. 24v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 24v
• fol. 25r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 25r
• fol. 25v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 25v
• fol. 26r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 26r
• fol. 26v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 26v
• fol. 27r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 27r
• fol. 27r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 27r
• fol. 27v — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 27v
• fol. 28r — Decorated initial, Initial E, f. 28r
• fol. 28v — Decorated initial, Initial P, f. 28v
• fol. 29r — Decorated initial, Initial O, f. 29r
• fol. 29r — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 29r
• fol. 29v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 29v
• fol. 30v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 30v
• fol. 31r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 31r
• fol. 32r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 32r
• fol. 33v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 33v
• fol. 34v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 34v
• fol. 35r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 35r
• fol. 35v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 35v
• fol. 36v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 36v
• fol. 37r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 37r
• fol. 37v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 37v
• fol. 38r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 38r
• fol. 39r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 39r
• fol. 39v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 39v
• fol. 41r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 41r
• fol. 41v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 41v
• fol. 42r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 42r
• fol. 42v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 42v
• fol. 43r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 43r
• fol. 44r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 44r
• fol. 45r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 45r
• fol. 45v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 45v
• fol. 46r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 46r
• fol. 46r — Drawing, Hand, f. 46r
• fol. 46v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 46v
• fol. 47r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 47r
• fol. 47v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 47v
• fol. 48v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 48v
• fol. 48v — Drawing, Hand, f. 48v
• fol. 49r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 49r
• fol. 49r — Drawing, Hand, f. 49r
• fol. 49v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 49v
• fol. 50r — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 50r
• fol. 50v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 50v
• fol. 50v — Decorated initial, Initial V, f. 50v
• fol. 51r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 51r
• fol. 51v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 51v
• fol. 52v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 52v
• fol. 53v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 53v
• fol. 55r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 55r
• fol. 56r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 56r
• fol. 56v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 56v
• fol. 56v — Decorated initial, Initial N, f. 56v
• fol. 58r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 58r
• fol. 58r — Miniature, Three men pointing out a hill town to a schoolboy, f. 58r
• fol. 58v — Miniature, Three boys surveying and measuring the hill town with scientific instruments and trigonometry, f. 58v
• fol. 59r — Decorated initial, Initial S, f. 59r
• fol. 59r — Decorated initial, Initial R, f. 59r
• fol. 59v — Decorated initial, Initial O, f. 59v
• fol. 59v — Decorated initial, Initial Q, f. 59v
• fol. 59v — Decorated initial, Initial V, f. 59v
• fol. 59v — Decorated initial, Initial A, f. 59v
• fol. 60r — Decorated initial, Initial P, f. 60r
• fol. 60r — Decorated initial, Initial O, f. 60r
• fol. 60v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 60v
• fol. 60v — Decorated initial, Initial V, f. 60v
• fol. 61r — Decorated initial, Initial V, f. 61r
• fol. 61r — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 61r
• fol. 61v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 61v
• fol. 61v — Miniature, Two tailors with fabric and scissors, f. 61v
• fol. 62v — Decorated initial, Initial F, f. 62v