Image: Paris, BnF, Latin 7190, f. 18v,
by Matthieu Husson (Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, UMR 8255, Laboratoire Temps Espace)
Download this session's posterEach session of the Reading Ancient Mathematical Texts Seminar opens with the short presentation of a primary source and the mathematical problems it raises, followed by the reading of this source, provided with an edition and a translation. One reading typically lasts 3 hours, mostly filled with constant exchanges where any naive question is welcomed. This allows us to think about the linguistic composition of the text, its philology, etc.
Beijing, Peking University, 北京大學藏秦簡牘《算書甲種》(Beijing daxue cang Qin jiandu Suanshu jiazhong), slips 93, 94 and 95r
Angers, Museum Plantin-Moretus, B 1829 (Christophus Clavius, Algebra, p. 138
Paris, BnF, Français 565, f. 69r
Prayagraj, Sanskrit College library, Jyotiṣa 9208, f. 3
Rome, Biblioteca Angellica, Ang. gr. 38
Jodhpur, Rajasthan Oriental Research Institute, 32552, f. 1r
Paris, BnF, Latin 7190, f. 18v
Paris, BnF, Latin 7432, f. 160r
Paris, BnF, Latin 7432, f. 160r