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Proof and discovery Manuscripts bifiolio = sheet of parchment folio = physical leaf when folded page = one side of folio ( recto or verso ) gathered in quires Euclid, Elements multiple commentaries (Proclus) scholia more than 180 MSS! Two

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Proof and discovery

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Manuscripts

bifiolio = sheet of parchment folio = physical leaf when folded page = one side of folio (recto or verso) gathered in quires

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Euclid, Elements

multiple commentaries (Proclus) scholia more than 180 MSS!

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Two important MSS

Bodleian, D'Orville 301: earliest MS of a complete classical work! Vatican 190

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D'Orville 301

colophon (like title page, at end of work) by Stephanos the clerk, 888 CE notes by Arethas of Patrae (Bishop of Caesarea from 902 – c. 939) further notes from 10th-14th centuries

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Folio 6 recto-8 verso See first two proofs!

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Vatican 190

10th c? text differs from "standard" Euclid proof matching text in Theon's commentary

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See first two proofs

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Archimedes

biographic tradition with vivid stories biography emphasizes role in siege of Syracuse (212 BCE) extant works

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MS tradition

Three 10-century sources: A: known only from Latin translation! B: lost by 16th century, known from copies C: the Archimedes palimpsest

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palimpsest: a manuscript with reused pages

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Archimedes palimpsest

discovered 1908 resurfaced at auction 1998 Holy Cross students involved in first digital release, 2008

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