Autograph manuscript treatise in two parts, containing definitions and problems in mathematics. The first part, dated 1708, concerns arithmetic operations. The second part, dated 1710, concerns geometry and trigonometry, with sections on applications in construction trades and astronomy and with extensive sections on navigation. Sections are illustrated with ink drawings and geometric diagrams. Several linear scales and volvelles are sewn in.
Description:
Chiefly in English; explanations in part one are in Latin, some with English translations.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy --Early works to 1800 and Mathematics --Early works to 1800
Illuminated manuscript on vellum, in a Gothic liturgical hand, of a Psalter, prefaced by a liturgical calendar and followed by the Office of the Dead.
Description:
Binding: modern full blue velvet., Ex libris John Ruskin. Ex libris Laurence Hilliard. Ex libris Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica (J. R. Ritman Library). Purchased from Sam Fogg on the James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Fund, 2007., Presentation inscription on front flyleaf: Laurence Hilliard with John Ruskin's love, Brantwood, 25th January 1881., Tipped in at front of manuscript: parchment leaf containing copy of a letter from Joseph Mallord William Turner to John Ruskin, Midsummer Day [June 24] 1848, in the hand of John Ruskin., and Tipped in to front of manuscript: parchment leaf containing a description of the illuminations in the hand of John Ruskin.
Subject (Name):
Catholic Church, Hilliard, Laurence--Ownership, Ruskin, John--1819-1900.--Autograph, and Turner, Joseph Mallord William--1775-1851.--Association
Subject (Topic):
Catholic Church--Liturgy--Texts, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Psalters