Mathematical Treasure: Medieval Geometry Manuscript from England

A manuscript from the 10th or 11th century, apparently copied in Winchester, England, and entitled De Geometria, is written in a style patterned on Boethius. It also contains material from Euclid’s Elements, Books I–IV.

The manuscript presented hand-colored diagrams useful for surveying and land measurement.

A partial digitization of MS. Douce 125 is available from the Digital Bodleian website of the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford. The catalog entry provides further information on the text’s contents and provenance.

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