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Mathematical Treasure: Johann Vögelin’s Elementale geometricum ex Euclidis geometrica decerptum

Author(s): 
Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University)

Johann Vögelin (d. 1549) was a German mathematics teacher. In 1550, his Elementale geometricum, which was excerpted from Euclid’s Elements of Geometry, was published in Paris.

Title page of Johann Vögelin's 1550 Elementale geometricum.

The opening pages were heavily annotated by previous readers:

Annotated page from Johann Vögelin's 1550 Elementale geometricum.

Pages 4-5 from Johann Vögelin's 1550 Elementale geometricum.

The images above are provided courtesy of Bamberg State Library. A full digitization of this manuscript is available here.

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Frank J. Swetz (The Pennsylvania State University), "Mathematical Treasure: Johann Vögelin’s Elementale geometricum ex Euclidis geometrica decerptum," Convergence (April 2022)