Chaldean numerology device
Date
Late 17th century
Creator
Robert Bacon (British) , Amanuensis
Object type
Archive reference number
Manuscript page number
p100r
Material
Dimensions
height (Page): 151mm
width (Page): 99mm
width (Page): 99mm
Subject
Description
Number square with the outer sides, four series of seven numbers, within two square lines. Each side of the outer line is the base of a number pyramid. From the papers of Robert Boyle.
Transcription
The figure appears before a paragraph commencing: ‘Compostis omnibus figuris et impyramidatis, multi figuras radices quadrae paucas dant proportiones non multum…’
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Transcribed by the Making Visible project
Object history
Within a manuscript headed: ‘Philosophia Chaldaica’.
Related fellows
Robert Boyle (1627 - 1691, British) , Natural philosopher
Associated place