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In the above mentioned book, Montucla describes the various digits in detail. Here is a summary of the paragraph on page 375 to 381 (the first part is the part written in the image):

1. Notes de Boëce;

2. De Planude; moine, XIIIième siècle, Arithmetique Indienne ou manière de calculer suivant les Indiens

3. Caractères à al Séphadi; poëte arabe, sauf la zero les chiffres ne sont pas differentes de celles de Planude.

4. Chiffres de Sacro Bosco; Sean de Sacro Bosco, Traité de l'Arithmetique, XIIIième siècle

5. De Roger Bacon; Roger Bacon, Calendrier

6. Des Indiens Modernes;

7. Chiffres Modernes;

8. Nombre d'Alséphadi; Exemple d'un nombre du "Commentaire sur un fameux Poëme Arabe de Tograi", 18446744073709551615

Translation:

1. Notes de Boëce;

2. De Planude; monk, XIIIth century, Indian Arithmetic or Art to calculate like the Indians

3. Caractères à al Séphadi; arabian poet, apart from zero the glyphs don't differ from the ones of de Planude.

4. Chiffres de Sacro Bosco; Sean de Sacro Bosco, Work on Arithmetic, XIIIth century

5. De Roger Bacon; Roger Bacon, Calendar

6. Des Indiens Modernes;

7. Chiffres Modernes;

8. Nombre d'Alséphadi; Exemple of a number from the book "Commentary of a famous arabian poem from Tograi", the number is 18446744073709551615

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