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Between epistemology and manuscript studies: the mathematical notes of Thomas Harriot

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Speaker
Stefano FarinellaUniversity of Hamburg
Host
History (Department)
Series
Professor Robert Fox and Mrs Rebecca Bricklebank
Location
Champneys Room, Oriel College, Oxford OX1 4EW
Organisation
Oxford

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This year's Thomas Harriot Lecture will be given by Stefano Farinella, of the University of Hamburg, on Tuesday, 10 November 2026 in the Champneys Room, Oriel College, Oxford. The lecture will begin at 5 pm and be followed by an informal drinks reception, also in the Champneys Room, at 6 pm. The lecture will explore different parts of Harriot's corpus, focusing on the study of mathematical notes as a type of written artefact. In doing so, it will reveal the importance of adopting methods from manuscript studies in the reconstruction of the content, and how the underlying scientific process is reflected in the materiality of the notes. All welcome

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