Roman Numerals, Codework The iconography of roman numerals is far more complex than usually realized; it includes elements of counting rods, the abacus, ancient potters' marks, Roman and other standards, economy of writing spaces, and so forth. This amazing 1848 book of arithmetic and accountancy presents the most complete description of the symbols which might still have been in use at the time; see the last three plates. The first place is the title-page; the second presents the names of very large quantities in use at the time. http://www.alansondheim.org/roman001.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/roman002.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/roman003.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/roman004.jpg http://www.alansondheim.org/roman005.jpg See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@lists.netbehaviour.org https://lists.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
