> Christopher Clavius' "Opera Mathematica", Vol. 1-5 has been
> digitized by J. Parker Ladwig, Mathematics Librarian at the
> University of Notre Dame in cooperation with the Clavius Group
> http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/cl/clavius.htm.
>
> I got the information from Mr. Parker Ladwig that they are just
> preparing the online edition of the files which will be available
> on the web not before spring 2004 (probably at:
> http://www.nd.edu/~mathlib/).
>
> It will be the first online edition of these books.
>
>
> Another digital edition of Clavius' "Opera Mathematica" is
> available on CD-ROM apparently for sale at the University of
> Florence:
> http://www.math.unifi.it/archimede/archimede_inglese/CD_rom/primapagina.html
> http://www.math.unifi.it/archimede/archimede_inglese/CD_rom/elenco_CD.html
>
>
> The following forwarded note from SLAPAM-L (Special Libraries
> Association Physics-Astronomy-Mathematics Division) gives some
> details of the project at Notre Dame:
>
>
> ---begin quote from PAM <[log in to unmask]>---
>
> Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 08:06:54 -0500
> From: Parker Ladwig <[log in to unmask]>
> Organization: University of Notre Dame
> Subject: GENERAL: Opera Mathematica of C. Clavius
>
> PAMnet,
>
> I just received an inquiry about a project I announced in
> 2001--digitizing Christoph Clavius' Opera Mathematica published
> in 1612.
> Among other achievements, Clavius was largely responsible for the
> Gregorian calendar which we use on a daily basis.
>
> The project has progessed slowly, but is still in the works.
> Using
> OCLC's Preservation Resources, http://www.oclc.org/oclc/presres/,
> microfilm from St. Louis University,
> http://www.slu.edu/libraries/pius/,
> and funding from the Clavius Group,
> http://www.faculty.fairfield.edu/jmac/cl/clavius.htm, we have
> created
> TIFF images for the 4,000+ pages of this 5 volume set.
>
> Our next phase is to turn these TIFF images into something more
> manageable for Web access (JPEG, PDF, ?). In the process of
> creating
> these secondary images, we'll also be creating a Web page/table
> of
> contents. And although the work is in Latin, the Clavius Group
> has
> arranged for someone to translate some of the introductions and
> prefaces
> into English.
>
> I am not a person with technical expertise, but there are a
> couple of
> those kinds of folks at Notre Dame who are working on these
> problems.
> If you have suggestions, I will pass them on.
>
> I would be glad to provide more detail to anyone interested.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Parker
> --
> J. Parker Ladwig
> Mathematics Librarian
> University of Notre Dame
> Mathematics Library
> 009 Hayes-Healy Center
> Notre Dame, IN 46556-5641
> Phone: 1 574 631 3617
> Fax: 1 574 631 9660
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
> ----end quote from PAM <[log in to unmask]>----
>
>
> Greetings to all
>
> Joachim Krueger
>
>
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