Work Order I

13 texts (three in batch 1 and ten in batch 2)

DESpecs 1.1.2, plus Special Instructions for Ghetaldi 1603, Stevin 1605 and Euclid 1607 (see DESpecs_special_tables.pdf​) and Special Instructions for Diversae 1606 (see DESpecs_special_Conimbricenses.pdf​).

1. Benedetti, Giovanni Battista de (1585) Diversarvm specvlationvm mathematicarum, et physicarum liber ​ECHO
   • Should be straightforward, since many examples in the specs are taken from Benedetti.
   • Number notation, for example .4.: The rules for punctuation apply, we will see what happens.
   • Complex fractions: Probably only in figures
2. Diversae (1606) Conimbricenses In Universam dialecticam ​ECHO
   • Special Instructions: <tf> tag for separate text flows, <q> and <a> tags for anchored comments.
3. Euclid/Clavius (1607) Elementorum Libri XV ​ECHO
   • ​text in red: there is a rule for red text in version 1.1.2
   • additional ligatures, e.g. _{$p}_: Will be added to version 1.2. For now, we will just see what happens.
4. Archimedes (1565) De insidentibvs aqvae (Archimedis De insidentibus aquae) ​ECHO
5. Aristoteles (1585) Quaestiones Mechanicae ​ECHO
   • minor problem: skewed text (problem of the digitalization)
   • minor problem: swashes. Testcase: See what they make out of swashes.
   • minor problem: p.25: some letters are printed badly
   • ​∫ with tilde, followed by m: {secundu}m
6. Benedetti, Giovanni (1579) Battista Consideratione d'intorno al discorso della grandezza della terra e dell' acqua di Berga ​ECHO
7. Casati, Paolo (1686) De igne ​ECHO
   • index at the end, which is easy to type (no problem with right-aligned page numbers)
8. Ghetaldi, Marino (1603) Promotus Archimedis seu de varijs corporum generibus gravitate et magnitudine comparatis ​ECHO
   • Asterisks as anchors for marginal notes, not repeated in the note itself. Add as a note to the section about marginal notes.
9. Heron Alexandrinus (1601) De gli automati: ouero machine semoventi, libri due ​ECHO (change to 1601 edition!)
   • p.6: ornamental boundaries
   • ij ligature that looks like y with umlaut
   • p.92: similar to the anchored comments in the Conimbricenses?
10. Heron Alexandrinus (1680) Spiritalium liber ​ECHO
11. Mersenne, Marin (1635) Questions physico-mathematiques ​ECHO
    • French
    • Special rule (two lines): type only complete pages, do not pages that are cut off
12. Pappus Alexandrinus (1660) Mathematicae collectiones ​ECHO
13. Stevin, Simon (1605) Tomus quartus mathematicorum hypomnematum de statica ​ECHO