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Source Description
A treatise on commercial arithmetic dealing with topics such as bartering, computing shares of profit in business partnerships, calculating interest on money lent, etc. Arithmetical exercises are distributed throughout.
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Document identity
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ws85jv946
label
Manuscript treatise on commercial arithmetic for apprentice cloth merchants
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obj
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document
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1
Source metadata
id
ws85jv946
contentType
document
stage
normalized
title
Manuscript treatise on commercial arithmetic for apprentice cloth merchants
description
A treatise on commercial arithmetic dealing with topics such as bartering, computing shares of profit in business partnerships, calculating interest on money lent, etc. Arithmetical exercises are distributed throughout.
date
["[1500?–1550?]"]
year
1500
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
Italian
identifierLocal
06_01_020026
creators
Alamanni, Tommaso Giovanni, active 16th century
Maggs Bros.
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Medieval and Early Renaissance Manuscripts
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Firenze
Florence
Italy
Tuscany
genreBasic
Manuscripts
Books
genreSpecific
Manuscripts, Italian--Italy
Manuscripts, Renaissance--Italy
Vellum bindings
humanistic scripts
typeOfResource
Text
country
Italy
city
Florence
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largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
extent
95 leaves : paper ; 24 cm (4to)
hasTranscription
no
Source extras
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sf268508b
collectionArkId
np193j758
schema:latitude
43.766667
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11.25
notes
Ms. codex.
Title devised by cataloger.
Origin: Written in Italy -- possibly Florence -- between approximately 1500 and 1550.
pubPlace
[Italy]
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ws85jv946
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document
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1
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0
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photo
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