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Description: | John of Dumbleton (in Gloucestershire, between Cheltenham and Evesham), who died in 1349, spent most of his life in Oxford, and was a member of a group of mathematicians who studied kinematics, and were the first to develop the 'Mean Speed Theorem' in 1334. He is most famous for having written the present work.
On a previously blank flyleaf, is this unusual added image of John the Baptist. He wears his camel-skin cloak (still with its hooves and head), and stands on Herodias (who was responsible for his death) within a part-vegetal, part architectural niche, which includes semi-naturalistic birds and animals, and a hedgehog as depicted in the Bestiary. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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