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Cat. Nr. Catalog und Catalog number
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Incipit Incipit
ca. Information on date: w = probably; A = beginning; E = end; < = before; > = after; k = conjectured; n = new dating; ~ = circa; H1 = 1st half; H2 = 2nd half; Q1 = 1st quarter; F = spring; S = summer; H = autumn; W = winter; -nn = from the date named in date field until nn; F- = from spring until the date named in the date field
Date Date in the New, i.e. Gregorian Style, for example 23 February 1701 = 17010223 (in parentheses is the date in the Old, i.e. Julian style, in the event the manuscript was dated in this way by Leibniz or his correspondent).
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Addressee Addressee
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Format and Size Format and Size
Excerpted Work The source from which Leibniz excerpts or paraphrases.
Ordering Annotation An annotation from Leibniz for ordering his preliminary work on the Opus historicum, (in brackets a diplomatic transcription of Leibniz’s annotation).
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Text Text
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[41158] LH 35, 1, 11 Bl. 1-16

Id 41158
Cat. Nr. 40833
Shelfmark LH 35, 1, 11 Bl. 1-16
Title Characteristica Geometrica
Incipit (1) Characteres sunt res qvaedam qvibus aliarum rerum inter se relatio
Date 1679-08-20 (79-08-10)
Academy edition 7
Text type Konz., eigh.
Format and Size Folio, 32 Pages/Columns
Prints outside the Academy Edition -Gerhardt: Mathematische Schriften, Bd. 1-7, 1849-1863, 5 S.141-168.

-Echeverria, La Caractéristique …, Teil 2, Paris 1979, S. 144-204-205-211.

-Leibniz, G.W., la caractéristique géométrique. Hrsg. V. J. Echeverría u. M. Parmentier. Paris 1995. S.142-233.

-(engl. Teilübers.) R. Arthur, Leibniz on Time, Space and Relativity, 2021, S. 357-359

-Leibniz: Obras filosóficas y científicas, Vol. 7B: Escritos matemáticos, hrsg. Von Mary Sol de Mora Charles, Granada 2015, (span. Übers. Nach Echeverría, 1979), S. 439-480.

Shorter mixed remarks Wz:138