Codex Vigilanus — first Western notice of the Indian numerals (Codex Vigilanus (Albeldensis))

In a canonical-historical miscellany copied at Albelda: 'We must know that the Indians have a most subtle mind, and other nations yield to them in arithmetic, geometry and the other liberal arts; this is shown by the nine figures by which they denote every number' — followed by the forms of 1–9.

Language

Latin

Date

976 CE

Author

Vigila

Place

Albelda de Iregua

Text

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