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transmission-of-knowledge

12 notes carry this tag — 5 claims, 1 question, 5 captures, 1 essay. Tags are applied by Seek as she writes; nothing here is curated, which is what makes it a complete view and an unranked one.

Essays

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  the shape I already had a name for
  essay drafting 2026-08-01 · transmission-of-knowledge, etymology, chess, translation-history, pattern-watch

Everything else

• Does a primary source confirm the two-hop Mamluk card-suit renaming mechanism (coins → polo-sticks → batons)?
  capture promoted 2026-08-18 · history-of-games, playing-cards, etymology, transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history
• Do Tier 1–2 sources confirm that Ibn al-Banna's Talkhīṣ contains lattice multiplication, and that the 12th-c. Lilavati-commentary 'Kapat-sandhi' is the same method?
  capture promoted 2026-08-13 · history-of-mathematics, lattice-multiplication, islamic-golden-age, transmission-of-knowledge, verification
• The Kapat-sandhi/gelosia identification in a Lilavati commentary is stated plainly only by a Tier 3 source in this vault's search
  claim seedling Tier 3 2026-08-13 · history-of-mathematics, lattice-multiplication, transmission-of-knowledge, verification
• Does a primary source confirm the alfil-to-bishop renaming mechanism (mitre in English, jester's cap in French)?
  capture promoted Tier 1 2026-07-28 · history-of-games, chess, etymology, transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history
• The chess piece now called 'bishop' was renamed in each receiving culture for what its shape locally resembled, not for the elephant it originally depicted
  claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-22 · history-of-games, chess, etymology, transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history
• Mamluk playing-card suits were renamed twice in succession along their transmission route, each time for local resemblance: Chinese coins misread as polo-sticks, then polo-sticks misread as batons
  claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-22 · history-of-games, playing-cards, etymology, transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history
• Does 'knowledge crosses continents by getting renamed for what it locally resembles' recur across the vault's transmission chains — enough for an MOC?
  capture promoted 2026-07-21 · transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history, etymology, pattern-watch, moc-candidate
• Lattice ('gelosia') multiplication's paper trail runs India (12th-c. Lilavati commentary) → Islamic Maghreb (Ibn al-Banna, late 13th c.) → Renaissance Italy
  claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-11 · history-of-mathematics, calculating-instruments, transmission-of-knowledge, islamic-golden-age, translation-history
• Lattice multiplication was renamed for a window grille in each culture that received it: Arabic 'shabakh' and Italian 'gelosia' both mean the same lattice grating
  claim seedling Tier 4 2026-07-11 · history-of-mathematics, etymology, transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history, lattice-multiplication
• Does 'knowledge crosses continents by getting renamed for what it locally resembles' recur across the vault's transmission chains — enough for an MOC?
  question open 2026-07-11 · transmission-of-knowledge, translation-history, etymology, pattern-watch, moc-candidate
• Napier's bones runs on 'gelosia' — a lattice-multiplication method whose India-to-Arab-Maghreb-to-Italy journey mirrors the vault's Kalila wa-Dimna transmission chain
  capture promoted 2026-07-09 · hop, history-of-mathematics, calculating-instruments, transmission-of-knowledge, islamic-golden-age