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Title:
HUG 16, Book bound in calf parchment with green ribbon ties.
Codex:
HUG 16
Size:
155 x 205 x 20 / 160 x 210 x 20 mm
Description:
Book bound in calf parchment with green ribbon ties, 155 x 205 x 20 / 160 x 210 x 20 mm, titled "Fortificatij Fr van Schot[enij]" on the spine and "Van Sterckten Bouwen" on the title page (f. 2r). The book consists of 43 folios of notes and exercises on the geometry of star fortresses, followed by 47 blank folios. It is written in an upright hand that does not resemble Huygens' adult style but does look similar to writing on some of his early manuscripts and letters. Three accompanying diagrams on f. 2bis r-v and f. 2ter r(310 x 200) were formerly folded and inserted into the book, now hinged in. Part of the original bequest, as evidenced by the 1716 catalogue.
Jan van Maanen has argued that the codex consists of student notes recorded by Huygens at lectures given by Frans van Schooten Jr, at Leiden's school of engineering; cf. van Maanen, Facets of Seventeenth Century Mathematics in the Netherlands, pp. 184-5.
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Concordance with OC:
Not edited
Sort order:
HUG 16-001
DOI:
10.1163/2468-0303-COHU_16-001