Unlike Arabic or Roman numerals, a Cistercian numeral can represent any number between 1 and 9999 with a single glyph. This makes for a compact representation which were used for recording dates, indexes, numbering, and even used for labels on an Astrolabe.
See also:
- The low adoption of Cistercian numerals is a reminder to choose boring technology, rather than create your own new numbering system
- Beware of solutions disguised as problem statements (the problem is we don’t have our own numbering system)