1472
1472 is the year Dante's Divine Comedy was first printed.
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Where 1472 fits
Why 1472 is special
It had circulated in manuscript for 150 years. Printing a vernacular poem rather than a Latin religious text signalled what the technology would actually be used for.
Same number, different meanings
How 1472 is understood across different contexts — never implying one meaning because of another.
- Mathematics
It had circulated in manuscript for 150 years. Printing a vernacular poem rather than a Latin religious text signalled what the technology would actually be used for.
- History
In 1472, Ivan III married Sophia Palaiologina, and Moscow began styling itself heir to Byzantium (Eastern Europe).
- Culture
The Divine Comedy reached print in 1472, in Italian rather than Latin. Vernacular printing expanded readership far beyond the Latin-literate and is a large part of why print changed European culture.
1472 is part of
Factors & digit properties
- Divisors (14)
- 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 32, 46, 64, 92, 184, 368, 736, 1472
- Prime factorisation
- 2^6 × 23
- Digit sum
- 14
- Digital root
- 5
Representations
- Decimal
- 1472
- Scientific notation
- 1.472 × 10^3
Roman numerals
M C D L X X I I
MCDLXXII uses the subtractive pair CD: a hundred before five hundred — five hundred minus a hundred.
Binary
1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 × 1,024 + 0 × 512 + 1 × 256 + 1 × 128 + 1 × 64 + 0 × 32 + 0 × 16 + 0 × 8 + 0 × 4 + 0 × 2 + 0 × 1 = 1,472
Octal
2 7 0 0
2 × 512 + 7 × 64 + 0 × 8 + 0 × 1 = 1,472
Hexadecimal
5 c 0
5 × 256 + c × 16 + 0 × 1 = 1,472
Read as powers of two: 1,024 + 256 + 128 + 64 = 1,472.
In historical numeral systems
Egyptian
1 lotus, 4 coils of rope, 7 hobbles, 2 strokes
1 × 1,000 + 4 × 100 + 7 × 10 + 2 × 1 = 1,472. The signs are simply repeated and added; where they sit on the line is a matter of layout, not value.
Babylonian
2 corner wedges + 4 vertical wedges (sixties place), 3 corner wedges + 2 vertical wedges (units place)
24 × 60 + 32 = 1472. Places are separated by a space on the tablet, with the higher place written first.
Systems that simply cannot reach this value are left out. Where a script needs a font most readers do not have, the reading is given instead of the glyphs — see number systems for each system in full.
Other mathematical patterns
- Abundant number
- Happy number
Related numbers & connections
1472 is a year in the 15th century, in the 1470s.
Dante reached print in 1472, shortly after printing arrived in Italy. Printing a vernacular poem rather than a Latin religious text indicated what the technology would mostly be used for.
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History
In 1472, Ivan III married Sophia Palaiologina, and Moscow began styling itself heir to Byzantium (Eastern Europe).
DocumentedHistoryGeography: Eastern EuropePeriod: 1472
Culture
The Divine Comedy reached print in 1472, in Italian rather than Latin. Vernacular printing expanded readership far beyond the Latin-literate and is a large part of why print changed European culture.
DocumentedCultureGeography: Italy
Common questions
Is 1472 a prime number?
No, 1472 is not prime.
What are the factors of 1472?
The factors of 1472 are 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 32, 46, 64, 92, 184, 368, 736, 1472.
What is 1472 in Roman numerals?
1472 in Roman numerals is MCDLXXII. CD is subtractive: a hundred before five hundred — five hundred minus a hundred. Written additively it would be MCCCCLXXII, which Roman inscriptions used freely — the strict subtractive form is a later convention.
About this page's data
Mathematical facts:computed directly from the number's value — nothing to source or verify externally.
Contextual records: 2 reviewer-confirmed records, sourced and reviewed before publication.
Last reviewed: 15 July 2026