19-06-2021, 06:35 PM
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In these medieval astronomical tables we see in the first column the word difference in Latin. First we see it written with all the letters: differentia, and then abbreviated with a rare abbreviation, a superscript symbol that we also see on the numbers that head the following columns.
Can someone who knows more about scribal conventions tell me what this abbreviation means?
In these medieval astronomical tables we see in the first column the word difference in Latin. First we see it written with all the letters: differentia, and then abbreviated with a rare abbreviation, a superscript symbol that we also see on the numbers that head the following columns.
Can someone who knows more about scribal conventions tell me what this abbreviation means?