
Date of this Version
1-10-2015
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Keywords
Arithmetic--Early works to 1900, Mathematics--Early works to 1800, Merchants--Italy Codices, Treatises, Manuscripts Italian--15th century, Manuscripts Renaissance
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Recommended Citation
Porter, Dot, "Facsimile of LJS 289, Algorismus" (2015). Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies (SIMS): EBooks. 146.
https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_ebooks/146


Comments
Pedagogical treatise on commercial and practical arithmetic, with extensive use of arabic numerals, descriptions of operations such as multiplication and division, and particular attention to proportions (using the rule of three), money-changing (fiorini, bolognini, and ducati), and alloys of precious metals.