The Mathematical Demonstration of the Sword (Harley MS 5219)

Manuscript 1640 English United Kingdom

Thomas Hobbes

Canonical Wiktenauer Manuscripts source row 157, dated 1676. Previously attached as an extra edition to the unrelated Gladiatoria witness MS Germ.Quart.16.

Quality phase 381 correction: the British Library dates the manuscript to the 1640s and identifies Thomas Hobbes as author. The 1676 inscription records later ownership by Henry, Duke of Newcastle, and is not the production date.

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TitleThe Mathematical Demonstration of the Sword (Harley MS 5219)

AuthorThomas Hobbes

Earliest publication date1640

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited Kingdom

Document typeManuscript

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Thomas Hobbes

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Thomas Hobbes

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The Mathematical Demonstration of the Sword (Harley MS 5219) 1640

CityNot specified

PublisherNot specified

PrinterNot specified

FormatAutograph paper manuscript volume with two printed plates; post-1600 binding

Pages6 folios

Dimensions205 × 165 mm

Primary manuscript witness. Wiktenauer source row 157; date: 1676.

Quality phase 381: corrected 1676 provenance date to the British Library date range 1640s; attributed the autograph manuscript to Thomas Hobbes and recorded physical description.

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Attached from Wiktenauer overlap review 157-165 on 2026-07-17.

Cover deliberately not assigned in phase 644: the retrieved file is only a no-scan placeholder.

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Cover audit phase 740: final outcome=previously_rejected; source had already been individually reviewed and rejected as unsuitable for a reliable edition cover.

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