Penn Library's LJS 289 -Algorismus (Video Orientation)
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Medieval Studies
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2017-10-01
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Video orientation to LJS289, Algorismus. This manuscript was written in Italy between 1450 and 1475 and it is a pedagogical treatise on commercial and practical arithmetic, with extensive use of arabic numerals, descriptions of operations such as multiplication and division, and particular attention to proportions, money-changing, and alloys of precious metals.