[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Middle Ages (700 – 1500)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval) › [The Indian numerals in Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.numerals) › Codex Vigilanus — first Western notice of the Indian numerals # 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](https://indike.org/pramana/person/vigila) - **Place:** Albelda de Iregua - **Text:** not yet digitised (catalogue entry) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.numerals.codex-vigilanus](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.medieval.numerals.codex-vigilanus) · Pramāṇa