Archimedes Palimpsest
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The Archimedes Palimpsest is a parchment codex palimpsest, originally a Byzantine Greek copy of a compilation of Archimedes and other authors. It contains two works of Archimedes that were thought to
A typical page from the Archimedes Palimpsest. The text of the prayer book is seen from top to bottom, the original Archimedes manuscript is seen as fainter text below it running from left to right.
Photo of the palimpsest
After imaging a page from the palimpsest, the original Archimedes text is now seen clearly
Ostomachion is a dissection puzzle in the Archimedes Palimpsest (shown after Suter from a different source; this version must be stretched to twice the width to conform to the Palimpsest).
Ostomachion
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In ancient Greek geometry, the Ostomachion, also known as loculus Archimedius or syntomachion, is a mathematical treatise attributed to Archimedes. This work has survived fragmentarily in an Arabic ve
Archimedes Palimpsest
…a Byzantine Greek copy of a compilation of Archimedes and other authors. It contains two works of Archimedes that were thought to have been lost (the Ostomachion and the Method of Mechanical Theorems) and the only surviving original Greek edition of his work On Floating Bodies. The first version of the compilation…
Ostomachion figures mentioned by Ausonius and others (Bibliotheca Augustana)
A reconstruction of Archimedes' ostomachion in Kotsanas Museum of Ancient Greek Technology, Athens
Domenico Fetti Archimedes 1620