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where the process could be spectated by interested persons. As technology developed and new practices emerged, particularly the adoption of Arabic numerals in financial record-keeping, use of the counting board became obsolete.
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As the use of counting houses spread in the 19th century, so did their reputation as being often uncomfortable and dreary places to work. This was most famously exemplified in Charles Dickens
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Originating in Italy, the counting house was a central feature of commerce in the high Middle Ages and afterward. Calculations were typically quantified through the use of a
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of a business were kept. It was also the place that the business received appointments and correspondence relating to demands for payment.
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Painting depicting bankers in an Italian counting house in the 14th century, from the
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Office in which the financial books of a business were kept
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Countinghouse

Cocharelli Codex
financial books
counting board
A Christmas Carol
Accounts payable
Count room
Exchequer
Factory (trading post)
"Calculations in Medieval Europe"
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0305-7259
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Business terms
Accounting systems
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