Manuscript transcript by Richard Bateman, 1612, of a work by Benedictus Victorius Faventius containing a calculator or computer for increasing or diminishing figures, which was printed by Benedict Hector, bookseller of Bologna, in 1512. The text was copied by Bateman from a treatise of a revised edition by Dom. Gaetanus, Doctor of Medicine.
Bateman, Richard
This material is held atSenate House Library Archives, University of London
- Reference
- GB 96 MS 245
- Dates of Creation
- 1612
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Latin
- Physical Description
- 14 leaves
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
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Arrangement
Single item.
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Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements
Manuscript folio. Bound in calf.
Archivist's Note
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
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Custodial History
Bound with Suiseth, Calculator (1520) and Grosseteste, Opuscula (1514).