Transcription of folios 0000-171r of the Archimedes Palimpsest. (= Archimedes folio Arch68v, The Measurement of the Circle) Archimedes Sponsor The Owner of the Archimedes Palimpsest Responsible for primary transcription (Dublin Core creator) Reviel Netz Responsible for primary transcription (Dublin Core creator) Nigel Wilson Contributor Mike Toth Contributor William Noel Contributor Doug Emery Contributor Alexander Lee Contributor Neel Smith Contributor Christopher Blackwell Contributor Jennifer Adams Contributor Jennifer Curtin Contributor Christopher D'Alessandro Contributor William Dolan Contributor Scott Dubè Contributor Michael Kinney Contributor Stephanie Wheeler Contributor Joshua Whelan Contributor Alana L. Bates Contributor Mary Katherine Benson Contributor Edwin Ranier Brenegar Contributor Harry Briggs Contributor Andrew P. Cannon Contributor Katie Elizabeth Crumpton Contributor Katelyn Marie Ellis Contributor Matthew David Goodson Contributor Bryan Alton Keller Contributor Bethanie V. Kemper Contributor Claire Chamberlyn Kitchens Contributor Adam Charles Race Contributor Peter Eric Soder Contributor Charles David Stolper Contributor Jiayang Wu 5517 Owner of the Archimedes Palimpsest 2008

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 Privately owned parchment codex: "The Archimedes Palimpsest". Multispectral Digital Image Product of the Archimedes Palimpsest (The Owner of the Archimedes Palimpsest, 2008). Heiberg, J. L., Archimedis Opera omnia cum commentariis Eutocii (Leipzig: Teubner, 1910–15; reprinted 1972). Christie’s New York, 29th October 1998 Sale, no. 9058, The Archimedes Palimpsest. A. Papadopoulos-Kerameus, Hierosolymitike Bibliotheke, vol. 4 (St Petersburg, 1899), 329–331, MS 355. 10th Century Manuscript 13th Century Manuscript Archimedes Palimpsest Byzantine Manuscript Content: Against Diondas Content: Against Timandros Content: Archimedes Content: Aristotle Content: Categories Content: Hyperides Content: J. L. Heiberg Content: Method Content: On Floating Bodies Content: On Spiral Lines Content: On the Equilibrium of Planes Content: On the Measurement of the Circle Content: On the Sphere and Cylinder Content: Stomachion Foliation scheme: Undertext foliation, ordered by sequence of undertext Foliation scheme: Undertext foliation, ordered by sequence of columnar undertext Greek Manuscript J. L. Heiberg Parchment Manuscript Private Collection accented ancient Greek in Unicode-C Greek characters English Content: Archimedes Content: On the Measurement of the Circle Archimedes Palimpsest Greek Manuscript Byzantine Manuscript Parchment Manuscript 13th Century Manuscript 10th Century Manuscript Private Collection Foliation scheme: Undertext foliation, ordered by sequence of columnar undertext
ἡ ΘΑ ἄρα πρὸς ΘΓ μείζονα λόγον ἔχει ἢ ὃν ΑΡΟΒ Η πρὸς ΡΝΓ. ἔτι δίχα ἡ ὑπὸ ΘΕΓ τῆι ΕΚ· ἡ ΕΓ ἄρα πρὸς ΓΚ μείζονα λόγον ἔχει ἢ ὃν ΒΤΛΔ Δ πρὸς ΡΝΓ· ἡ ΕΚ ἄρα πρὸς ΓΚ μείζων ἢ ὃν ΒΤΛΔ Δ πρὸς ΡΝΓ. ἔτι δίχα ἡ ὑπὸ ΚΕΓ τῆι ΛΕ· ἡ ΕΓ ἄρα πρὸς ΛΓ μείζονα μήκει λόγον ἔχει ἤ ἤπερ ΔΧΟΓ 𐅵 πρὸς ΡΝΓ. ἐπεὶ οὖν ἡ ὑπὸ ΖΕΓ τρί τον οὖσα ὀρθῆς τέτμηται τετράκις δίχα, ἡ ὑπὸ ΛΕΓ ὀρθῆς ἐστι ΜΗ. κείσ θω οὖν αὐτῆ ἴση πρὸς τῶι Ε ἡ ὑπὸ ΓΕ Μ· ἡ ἄρα ὑπὸ ΛΕΜ ὀρθῆς ἐστι ΚΔ. καὶ
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