READING ROMAN NUMERIALS - McGill University



READING ROMAN NUMERALS

1 I 11 XI 30 XXX

2 II 12 XII 40 XL

3 III 13 XIII 50 L

4 IV 14 XIV 60 LX

5 V 15 XV 70 LXX

6 VI 16 XVI 80 LXXX

7 VII 17 XVII 90 XC

8 VIII 18 XVIII 100 C

9 IX 19 XIX 200 CC

10 X 20 XX 500 D

1000 M

Special characters and variant forms:

I Ɔ [IƆ] = D C I Ɔ [CIƆ] = M

viij = 8 / viii = 8 iij = 3 / iii = 3

These basic symbols are used in combinations to form larger numbers and dates etc.

E.g.: MDCCLV = 1000 + 500 + 200 + 50 + 5 = 1755

MCMX = 1000 + 900 (i.e.: CM = 100 less than 1000 = 900) + 10 = 1910

MCCCCLVIII

or = 1000 + 400 + 50 + 8 = 1458

MCDLVIII

CIƆ IƆ CVII = 1000 + 500 + 100 + 7 = 1607

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LATIN PLACE NAMES

Website:

Peddie, Robert Alexander, 1869-1951. Place names in imprints; an index to the Latin and other forms used on title pages. London, Grafton, 1932. (Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1968.)

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