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Ancient manuscripts and rare books
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volvelles
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Saturday, September 13, 2014
Novae theoricae planetarum, 16th Century
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I found this manuscript –has an amazing set of volvelles- at Penn Libraries , online availa...
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Spanish cryptography, 16th Century
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Original title for this codex is "Discursos de la cifra", and is basicly a complete treatise on cryptography, including technic...
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
"The Emperor’s Astronomy" (16th Century)
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The “Emperor’s Astronomy” (Petrus Apianus, 1495-1552) is one of the great masterpieces of sixteenth-century printing, and also one of the ...
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