The medieval counting table revisited: a brief introduction and description of its use during the early modern period

DOI10.1080/17498430.2014.917392MaRDI QIDQ5178405zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Cheryl Periton

Publication date 16 March 2015

Published in BSHM Bulletin: Journal of the British Society for the History of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/17498430.2014.917392

zbMATH Keywords

counting tabletacit knowledge

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in Late Antiquity and medieval Europe (01A35) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40)

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