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Multiplication Table from the 16th century used as a binding fragment

 Collection — Folder: 1
Call Number: MS P731

Overview

When the contemporary binding of Spencer Library's 1508 edition of Ptolemy's Geographiae was repaired in the middle of the 20th century, this strip of paper was removed from the binding. There is a multiplication table in column form on the recto of the strip of paper and the verso is blank. The volume was printed in Rome by B. V. de Vitalibus.

Dates

  • Creation: 16th century

Conditions Governing Access

No access restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.

Extent

1 folder

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

MS P731

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Removed from the contemporary binding of Ptolemy's Geographiae printed in 1508, Spencer Library call number Summerfield G124.

Separated Materials

This strip of paper was removed from the contemporary binding of the 1508 edition of:

Ptolemy. Geographiae, Summerfield G124

Title
Guide to the Multiplication Table
Subtitle
Multiplication Table from the 16th Century used as a Binding Fragment
Author
Finding aid prepared by mab, 2010. Finding aid encoded by mab, 2010.
Date
2010
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Finding aid permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/10407/2730375452
Preferred citation
Multiplication Table, Department of Special Collections, MS P731, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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