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Notes on the numerical tables of [https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-cfux Table arithmétique (Fragment)], Latin 9377, f. 113<ref>Note that both "9377" and "113" are prime. Coincidence?</ref> in the [https://www.bnf.fr/fr Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris)].
==Description of Fragment==
The fragment consists of a single sheet of parchment, folded in half, with numerical tables written on both the left and right sides of the inside (flesh-side) of the parchment.
A fascimile of the pages can be viewed at [https://fragmentarium.ms]:
[https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-cfux/2751/41904 outside (reverse of left side)]
[https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-cfux/2751/41905 left side]
[https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-cfux/2751/41906 right side ]
[https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-cfux/2751/41907 outside (reverse of right side)]
On the left side are 2 columns, each with 3 tables (and each with a cut off table at the bottom. On the right side are 2 columns each with 1 continuous table.
==The Tables==
==Background==
The numbers are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hindu–Arabic_numeral_system#Adoption_in_Europe "apices"] of early Arabic numbers.
in a table from "Histoire de la Mathematique" by J.E. Montucla, published in 1757
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Table arithmétique – Fragment (view source)
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Notes on the numerical tables of [https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-cfux Table arithmétique (Fragment)], Latin 9377, f. 113<ref>Note that both "9377" and "113" are prime. Coincidence?</ref> in the [https://www.bnf.fr/fr Bibliothèque nationale de France (Paris)].
==Description of Fragment==
The fragment consists of a single sheet of parchment, folded in half, with numerical tables written on both the left and right sides of the inside (flesh-side) of the parchment.
A fascimile of the pages can be viewed at [https://fragmentarium.ms]:
[https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-cfux/2751/41904 outside (reverse of left side)]
[https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-cfux/2751/41905 left side]
[https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-cfux/2751/41906 right side ]
[https://fragmentarium.ms/view/page/F-cfux/2751/41907 outside (reverse of right side)]
On the left side are 2 columns, each with 3 tables (and each with a cut off table at the bottom. On the right side are 2 columns each with 1 continuous table.
==The Tables==
==Background==
The numbers are [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Hindu–Arabic_numeral_system#Adoption_in_Europe "apices"] of early Arabic numbers.
in a table from "Histoire de la Mathematique" by J.E. Montucla, published in 1757
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