In hoc opere contenta arithmetica decem libris demonstrata : Musica libris demonstrata quattuor : epitome i[n] libros arithmeticos diui Seuerini Boetij : rithmimachie ludus q[ui] [et] pugna nu[m]ero[rum] appella[tur]

[72] leaves : 29 cm (fol.) The Rithmimachia is sometimes attributed to John Shirwood, Bishop of Durham Imprint from colophon (i8 verso): Has duas quadriuij partes et artium liberalium precipuas atq[ue] duces cum quibusdam a[r]minicularijs adiectis: curarunt vna formulis emendatissime mandari ad studiorum vtilitatem Ioannes Higmanus et Volgangus Hopilius suis grauissimis laboribus & impensis Parhisij anno salutis Domini qui o[mn]ia in numero atq[ue] harmonia formauit 1496 absolutu[m]q[ue] reddiderunt eodem anno die vicesima secunda Iulij suos labores vbicunq[ue] valebunt semper studiosis deuouentes. Et idem quoq[ue] facit Dauid Lauxius Brytannus Edinburgensis, vbiq[ue] ex archetypo diligens operis recognitor Signatures: a-i⁸. Chancery folio; i1 recto: 51 lines, 212 x 133 mm; types: 82G (text), 63G (commentary); initial spaces, most with guide letters, and diagrams Jordani Nemorarij ... Elementa arithmetica, cu[m] demo[n]stratio[n]ibus Jacobi Fabri Stapulensis -- Jacobi Fabri Stapulensis Elementa musicalia ... -- Jacobi Fabri Stapulensis Epitome in duos libros arithmeticos diui Seuerini Boecij ... -- [Rithmimachia ludus] / Jacobi Stapulensis COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.31 FOLIO with leaf dimensions: 285 x 209 mm. PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.31 FOLIO: bookplate of the BPL Bowditch Fund. Dealers' prices, coes, etc. at front. Paper label with blue border on spine, with "122" written in. Inscription on i8 verso: "M[a]g[ist]ri I[o]h[ann]is B[a]pt[i]s[t]e [?] Pistorio." Purchased in August, 1936. BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.404.31 FOLIO bound in marbled boards.