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A comment on Cistercian Numerals.

Re:Cistercian Numerals by Animats on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @02:39AM (#34592420)
That probably came from a culture where writing materials were really expensive. Did they use vellum?
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Re:Cistercian Numerals by rob74 on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @03:18AM (#34592645)
Plus I can imagine that it also helped as a form of encryption...
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