The Distance Between

smithsonianlibraries:

Wondering if this doodle is as old as the book it’s doodled in? If so, it’s pushing 500 years…

The doodle is found in the back of a handwritten manuscript copy of the complete text of Boethius’ De institutione arithmetica from the 15th century.

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