Page of multiplications and calculations (fol. 61r)
Columns of figures with a fraction and a running total 1855
The leaf is filled with columns of numerals arranged as multiplications and running sums in red chalk, together with a fraction and a plus sign at the left. Products such as 8400 and 18000 recur, and the figure 1855 is repeated as a total at the foot. The sheet is a working page of arithmetic rather than continuous prose.
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Columns of multiplication and summation
Numerals are set out in paired columns and worked through by multiplication and addition, with intermediate products (400, 800, 8400, 18000) and a fraction beside a plus sign. The value 1855 recurs three times as a running or checked total.