#replacement leaves

[upennmanuscripts]

Next in our #SIMSseries on LJS 26, a 13th century astronomical and mathematical manuscript written in Italy: At some point somebody added a new bifolium. It’s clearly different from the rest of the manuscript, written in a later hand, and the parchment sheet is smaller.

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Access 'Algorismus ; Tractatum de sphaera.' through the Penn Libraries catalog.

[upennmanuscripts]

LJS 426 is a copy in Arabic of Avicenna's medical encyclopedia, comprising an introduction to general knowledge of medicine, popular through the middle ages and translated and copied widely. The first 40 leaves and the last 10 are replacements.

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[pleopods-of-passion]

This is a song that my brother's band, The Friendly Ghosts, made for our dear friend who died a year ago today. RIP Stirling