Mathematical Treasure: Hebrew Translation of Euclid’s Elements

This Hebrew manuscript of Euclid’s Elements of Geometry was made in Italy in 1704 but is based on the translation by French mathematician Jacob ben Machir (1236–1305). It contains all 13 books of Euclid as well as the apocryphal Books 14–15.

These images from Ms. Codex 1787 are presented courtesy of the Kislak Center for Special Collections at the University of Pennsylvania. The full manuscript may be examined here.

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