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Re: question about roman numerals



There is a website on roman numerals at:

http://www.deadline.demon.co.uk/roman/front.htm

Go to "History and Use" and you'll see comments on the
backward C.

Joy Kingsolver
Chicago Jewish Archives


As the clock struck 10:27 AM 12/19/01 -0600, Pope, Barbara took quill in
hand and wrote:
>I sure hope someone out there can help me. I have recently discovered some
>very old books in my archives.  I have had a little trouble decifering the
>Roman numeral publication date on one of them. I found a website and some
>reference books on Roman numerals the other day and have been using them,
>but I can't seem to decifer it.
>
>The publication date reads:
>
>C cIc Icc XCIV
>
>I know that the last part, XCIV, is 94, but the part I am having trouble
>with are the second and third parts. I think the date is supposed to be
>1694, but I don't see an M anywhere. The fourth and sixth letters, both C's,
>are backwards on the title page, but I can't seem to find anything that
>tells me for sure what these mean. Also, all of the C's except for the two
>on either end are lowercase. Could anyone out there clear this up for me?
>Thanks.  I would really appreciate any information you could give me on
>this.  The book is in Latin.
>
>
>Barbara M. Pope, MLS
>Reference Librarian
>St. Louis College of Pharmacy
>4588 Parkview Place
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