24-02-2017, 12:05 AM
If there are recipes, charms, or healing remedies, then numbers are often included.
In historic manuscripts, these numbers are sometimes Roman numerals, sometimes written out as words, sometimes Arabic numerals, and some are a combination of Roman and Arabic numerals (I've noticed some scribes use Arabic for small numbers and Roman for larger numbers and some do the opposite).
In medical recipes and healing charms, the numbers are included at intervals through the text (but not usually at the very beginning), in others, the numbers are near the end. Some recipes have no numbers, they only list ingredients (this is also true of some cookbooks, ingredients but no quantities).
In historic manuscripts, these numbers are sometimes Roman numerals, sometimes written out as words, sometimes Arabic numerals, and some are a combination of Roman and Arabic numerals (I've noticed some scribes use Arabic for small numbers and Roman for larger numbers and some do the opposite).
In medical recipes and healing charms, the numbers are included at intervals through the text (but not usually at the very beginning), in others, the numbers are near the end. Some recipes have no numbers, they only list ingredients (this is also true of some cookbooks, ingredients but no quantities).