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Illuminated letter P at the beginning of Adelard of Bath’s translation of Euclid’s Elements, which starts “Punctum est illud cui pars non est” (A point is that which has no part).¹ Geometry is shown personified as a woman, following Martianus Capella’s De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii.²

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Footnotes

1. Herbert M. Sauro. “The Beginning”. Euclid’s Elements. ↩

2. Frank J. Swetz (2019). Mathematical Treasure: Adelard’s Translation of Euclid’s Elements. ↩