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Chronogram

A text in which all letters corresponding to Roman numerals (c, d, i, l, m, v and x), when added together, produce a sum equivalent to a given year on the Christian calendar.

Source

Harry Mathews

Examples

"Clocking the Wold on Cue: The Chronogram for 2001", in The Human Country

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