Intriguingly, numerals changed markedly throughout the Middle Ages. A while
back, I was able to date a manuscript (Newberry Library 54.6) with the help of
the foliation (contemporary) and Karl Menninger, _Zahlwort und Ziffen_, 2 vols
(Gottingen: Vanderhoeck & Ruprecht, 1957-58).
Stephen
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