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RefNoMS/28
LevelSubFonds
TitleEuclidis Elementa
CreatorEuclid (fl.300BC); ancient Greek mathematician
Date13th century
DescriptionEuclid's geometry in Latin, ending imperfectly near the beginning of book 15 in the proposition 'intra propsitum cubum corpus habens iiij bases triangulas equalium laterum resignare'. Includes handwritten marginal notes

The propositions are in the translation attributed to Abelard of Bath. Written in England
LanguageLatin
Extent1 volume, 74pp
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionCodex membranaceus
AccessStatusOpen
CopyrightThe Royal Society
RelatedMaterialMS/15 also has notes written in the same hand which writes marginalia in MS/28
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