>Dear listmembers,
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>It's not directly related to Italian Studies in the strict sense, but I am
>trying to locate a _Tractatus algorismi_ written in Monte Fiesole in 1307 by
>a certain Jacopo da Firenze. Does anybody happen to know of an edition,
>whereabouts of manuscripts or maybe data regarding the biography of the
>author? Any help will be appreciated,
>
> Otfried
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I have consulted my colleague Christine Meek (prof. med. his.) and this is
what she tells me: copy in Biblioteca Riccardiana (cod. 2236), another in
Vatican (cod. lat. 4826); see also article, with quotations but not a
complete transcription, by G. Arrighi, 'Il primo abaco in volgare italiano
(1307)', Archivio Storico Italiano, anno CXLIII (1985), pp. 429-435. Arrighi
is very much the specialist on mathematics of this period and my colleague
has vague recollections of his publishing an edt of a text that might very
well be this one within the last five years. Worthwhile looking catalogues
under Arrighi, Gino asd edt. Incidentally, it seems to be Montpellier
(Montis Pessulani) not Monte Fiesole.
Hoped to have helped. I was intrigued by your query and I am glad to know
some more.
Good luck with your search.
Corinna Salvadori
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Corinna Salvadori Lonergan, Department of Italian, Trinity College, DUBLIN 2
Tel: 353 1 608 1847, Fax: 353 1 608 2062
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