Fulgour
Alphabetic Numerals
Four of the Roman Numerals in the Majors may be
written old or new style, long or short:
IIII-IV
VIIII-IX
XIIII-XIV
XVIIII-XIX
But when using the modern short form, the alphabetical order
of the numerals changes, simply by an alpha-numeric collation.
In the examples below: I=a V=b X=c
Old style, long Numerals with alpha codes:
I a
II aa
III aaa
IIII aaaa
V b
VI ba
VII baa
VIII baaa
VIIII baaaa
X c
XI ca
XII caa
XIII caaa
XIIII caaaa
XV cb
XVI cba
XVII cbaa
XVIII cbaaa
XVIIII cbaaaa
XX cc
XXI cca
New style, short Numeral style:
I a
II aa
III aaa
IV ab
V b
VI ba
VII baa
VIII baaa
IX ac
X c
XI ca
XII caa
XIII caaa
XIV cab
XV cb
XVI cba
XVII cbaa
XVIII cbaaa
XIX cac
XX cc
XXI cca
Automatic Alphabetical Re-Ordering:
I a
II aa
III aaa
IV ab
IX ac (alphabetically correct, numerically out of order)
V b
VI ba
VII baa
VIII baaa
X c
XI ca
XII caa
XIII caaa
XIV cab
XIX cac (alphabetically correct, numerically out of order)
XV cb
XVI cba
XVII cbaa
XVIII cbaaa
XX cc
XXI cca
Four of the Roman Numerals in the Majors may be
written old or new style, long or short:
IIII-IV
VIIII-IX
XIIII-XIV
XVIIII-XIX
But when using the modern short form, the alphabetical order
of the numerals changes, simply by an alpha-numeric collation.
In the examples below: I=a V=b X=c
Old style, long Numerals with alpha codes:
I a
II aa
III aaa
IIII aaaa
V b
VI ba
VII baa
VIII baaa
VIIII baaaa
X c
XI ca
XII caa
XIII caaa
XIIII caaaa
XV cb
XVI cba
XVII cbaa
XVIII cbaaa
XVIIII cbaaaa
XX cc
XXI cca
New style, short Numeral style:
I a
II aa
III aaa
IV ab
V b
VI ba
VII baa
VIII baaa
IX ac
X c
XI ca
XII caa
XIII caaa
XIV cab
XV cb
XVI cba
XVII cbaa
XVIII cbaaa
XIX cac
XX cc
XXI cca
Automatic Alphabetical Re-Ordering:
I a
II aa
III aaa
IV ab
IX ac (alphabetically correct, numerically out of order)
V b
VI ba
VII baa
VIII baaa
X c
XI ca
XII caa
XIII caaa
XIV cab
XIX cac (alphabetically correct, numerically out of order)
XV cb
XVI cba
XVII cbaa
XVIII cbaaa
XX cc
XXI cca