Cistercian monks made this numeral system in the 13th century. A single symbol could represent numbers up to 9999. They were used for years, divisions of texts, the numbering of notes and other lists, indexes and concordances, arguments in Easter tables, and even for musical notation.

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image showing Cistercian monks made this numeral system in the 13th century. A single symbol could represent numbers up to 9999. They were used for years, divisions of texts, the numbering of notes and other lists, indexes and concordances, arguments in Easter tables, and even for musical notation.

arsgratiartis on January 10th, 2021 at 12:34 UTC »

This, this is cool. I really like it and will save the post and will probably never use it or look at it again.

Chris_Christ on January 10th, 2021 at 13:30 UTC »

9933 and 3399 lol.

macthecomedian on January 10th, 2021 at 15:20 UTC »

Heres a cool video that explains this number system more in depth

Note: it is like a10 minute long video...