Category:Scribal abbreviations

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This category has the following 18 subcategories, out of 18 total.

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Tironian notes (1 C, 21 F)

A

Ampersand (12 C, 1 P, 14 F)

C

Ꜿ/ꜿ (4 F)
Ꝯ (1 C, 14 F)

E

Zigzag above (diacritic) (3 F)
Ligature "et" (3 C, 5 F)
Ꝫ (17 F)

L

P

Per sign (4 F)
Ꝑ (17 F)
Ꝕ (8 F)
Ꝓ (10 F)

S

Scribal abbreviation diacritic "is" (2 F)

U

ꝰ (30 F)

Y

Yͤ (13 F)
Yͭ (9 F)

Media in category "Scribal abbreviations"

The following 147 files are in this category, out of 147 total.

1522 map of the world by Lorenz Fries (cropped) - Text1.jpg 1,178 × 615; 233 KB
1522 map of the world by Lorenz Fries (cropped) - Text2.jpg 1,283 × 486; 197 KB
1522 map of the world by Lorenz Fries (cropped) - Text3.jpg 1,061 × 288; 95 KB
B. de Spinoza - Letter in Dutch of 3 June 1665 to Willem van Blijenbergh - Brief van 3 juni 1665 - Adres.png (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "P'" for "Port".jpg 157 × 153; 3 KB
Benedictus de Spinoza - Ethica - manuscript page Pieter van Gent, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "Ex. gr." for "Exempli gratia".png 94 × 39; 8 KB
Benedictus de Spinoza - Ethica - manuscript page Pieter van Gent, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "pt" for "potest".png 64 × 52; 7 KB
Benedictus de Spinoza - Letter in Latin to Johannes Georgius Graevius (Epistolae 49), 14 December 1664 (crop) - Scribal abbreviation "D.us" for "Dominus".jpg 430 × 244; 59 KB
Bischoff abbreviaturen 1.jpg 3,187 × 2,261; 1.87 MB
Bischoff abbreviaturen 2.jpg 3,182 × 2,247; 1.71 MB
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary b44 614-2.jpg 379 × 123; 9 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "anis" for "annis".jpg 248 × 135; 35 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "ano" for "anno".jpg 238 × 127; 33 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "cognationu" for "cognationum".jpg 645 × 168; 60 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "gene'a" for "genera".jpg 328 × 170; 43 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "nomia" for "nomina".jpg 392 × 155; 46 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "oes" for "omnes".jpg 178 × 123; 31 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "p" for "per".jpg 100 × 138; 27 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "pcederet" for "procederent".jpg 394 × 144; 45 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "qdragi(ta)" for "quadragin(ta)".jpg 356 × 145; 36 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "qnq;" for "quinque".jpg 245 × 159; 37 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "quiqua(ginta)" for "quinqua(ginta)".jpg 386 × 138; 44 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "sexceti" for "sexcenti".jpg 303 × 137; 38 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "singulor" for "singulorum".jpg 480 × 139; 46 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "suar" for "suarum".jpg 261 × 136; 36 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "sup" for "supra".jpg 189 × 130; 32 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "t" for "et".jpg 75 × 123; 25 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "vigiti" for "viginti".jpg 302 × 154; 41 KB
Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp.jpg 1,500 × 1,011; 310 KB
Codex Oxoniensis Catullus 42.4 ura = uestra.png 320 × 267; 106 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped) (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "igi" for "igitur".jpg 106 × 75; 11 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped) (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "trectu" for "traiectum".jpg 183 × 94; 21 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "e script9" for "est scriptus".jpg 171 × 103; 20 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "libo" for "libro".jpg 138 × 93; 16 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "ore9" for "oremus".jpg 130 × 102; 16 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "ppe" for "prope".jpg 146 × 103; 19 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "ptinet" for "pertinet".jpg 349 × 191; 80 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "q p" for "quia pro".jpg 87 × 82; 9 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "sel" for "semel".jpg 97 × 96; 12 KB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht (cropped).jpg 2,144 × 989; 2.05 MB
Confessiones-UBU Hs. 41-Inscriptie van Hector van Moerdrecht.jpg 2,500 × 3,580; 8.1 MB
DescartesGraduationRegistry (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "Justia" for "Justitia".jpg 141 × 88; 20 KB
Domesday Croydon Cheam.jpg 1,964 × 1,409; 561 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "do" for "Deo".jpg 37 × 38; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "ecclijs" for "ecclesiis".jpg 85 × 47; 2 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "epla" for "epistula".jpg 77 × 42; 2 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "et".jpg 22 × 28; 619 bytes
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "frs" for "fratres".jpg 59 × 37; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "Gra" for "Gratia".jpg 59 × 37; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "homine" for "hominem".jpg 118 × 36; 2 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "ihm xrm rdm" for "ihesum christum et dominum".jpg 219 × 44; 4 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "ihuxpo" for "Ihesu Christo".jpg 112 × 50; 2 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "mec" for "mecum".jpg 64 × 37; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "no" for "non".jpg 42 × 39; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "nro" for "nostro".jpg 63 × 40; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "oms" for "omnes".jpg 67 × 38; 2 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "p" for "per".jpg 30 × 44; 962 bytes
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "pre" for "Patre".jpg 55 × 42; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "q;" for "que".jpg 36 × 40; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "rdno" for "et domino".jpg 83 × 38; 2 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "rqi" for "et qui".jpg 46 × 46; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "sem;" for "semet".jpg 78 × 48; 2 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "sut" for "sunt".jpg 55 × 38; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "uob" for "vobis".jpg 57 × 36; 1 KB
Epistle to Galatians Illuminated.jpg 635 × 450; 97 KB
Epitres d'Ovide (Héroides) - Penelope - Huntington Lib HM60 f3 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "comece" for "commence".jpg 171 × 55; 14 KB
Epitres d'Ovide (Héroides) - Penelope - Huntington Lib HM60 f3 (cropped) - Special script.jpg 664 × 496; 438 KB
Epitres d'Ovide (Héroides) - Penelope - Huntington Lib HM60 f3.jpg 2,019 × 2,948; 6.42 MB
Excerpt from ms. 19160 of the BnF, page 121, 3th column (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "pphete" for "prophete".jpg 289 × 139; 7 KB
Excerpt from ms. 19160 of the BnF, page 121, 4th column (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "cinqme" for "cinquième".png 239 × 90; 21 KB
Excerpt from ms. 19160 of the BnF, page 121, 4th column.png 1,009 × 100; 114 KB
Extrait du Livre de Sibile, f. 162v. a, ms. 25407 de la BnF (cropped)- Scribal abbreviation "Qnt" for "Quant".png 143 × 85; 14 KB
Extrait du Livre de Sibile, f. 162v. a, ms. 25407 de la BnF.png 608 × 102; 72 KB
Gathering of the Manna - Hours of Catherine of Cleves - MS M. 917-945 137v - Morgan Library New York, around 1440 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "dis9bentib;" for "discumbentibus".jpg 660 × 235; 108 KB
Gathering of the Manna - Hours of Catherine of Cleves - MS M. 917-945 137v - Morgan Library New York, around 1440 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "ihus" for "ihesus".jpg 322 × 201; 65 KB
Gathering of the Manna - Hours of Catherine of Cleves - MS M. 917-945 137v - Morgan Library New York, around 1440 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "isrl" for "israel" - 2.jpg 236 × 160; 52 KB
Gathering of the Manna - Hours of Catherine of Cleves - MS M. 917-945 137v - Morgan Library New York, around 1440 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "isrl" for "israel".jpg 275 × 192; 57 KB
Gathering of the Manna - Hours of Catherine of Cleves - MS M. 917-945 137v - Morgan Library New York, around 1440 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "Jhes9" for "Jhesus".jpg 572 × 231; 94 KB
Gathering of the Manna - Hours of Catherine of Cleves - MS M. 917-945 137v - Morgan Library New York, around 1440 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "Johes" for "Johannes".jpg 437 × 246; 83 KB
Gathering of the Manna - Hours of Catherine of Cleves - MS M. 917-945 137v - Morgan Library New York, around 1440 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "trade~" for "tradetur".jpg 385 × 140; 62 KB
Grosseteste-trinity-diagram.jpg 831 × 678; 216 KB
Indip abbr.svg 348 × 225; 652 KB
Isidore of Seville - Etymologiae 14.3 De Asia - T-world map of Asia, Europa, Africa (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation for Haec.jpg 122 × 63; 38 KB
Isidore of Seville holding a book (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "qdraginta" for "quadraginta".jpg 103 × 36; 6 KB
Isidore of Seville holding a book (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "qmvis" for "quamvis".jpg 66 × 34; 4 KB
Isidore of Seville holding a book (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "qtuor" for "qua(t)tuor".jpg 56 × 32; 3 KB
Isidore of Seville holding a book (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation impfectu for imperfectum.jpg 89 × 38; 5 KB
John Calvin's handwriting 01 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviations hu(m)ble, obeissa(n)t, servite(ur).jpg 910 × 172; 23 KB
John Gower archer Vox Clamantis (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "duq" for "dumque".jpg 71 × 43; 19 KB
John Gower archer Vox Clamantis (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "mundu" for "mundum".jpg 99 × 38; 19 KB
John Gower archer Vox Clamantis (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "tasgredientes" for "transgredientes".jpg 168 × 41; 22 KB
John Gower archer Vox Clamantis.jpg 1,228 × 1,497; 445 KB
John Gower world Vox Clamantis (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "dumq" for "dumque".jpg 63 × 33; 5 KB
John Gower world Vox Clamantis.jpg 757 × 1,171; 165 KB
Latin bible, f.325r, (280 x 208 mm), 13th century, Alexander Turnbull Library, MSR-16. (5343923271) (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "apli" for "apostoli".jpg 33 × 24; 8 KB
Latin bible, f.325r, (280 x 208 mm), 13th century, Alexander Turnbull Library, MSR-16. (5343923271) (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "Incip plogus" for "Incipit prologus".jpg 84 × 26; 10 KB
Latin bible, f.325r, (280 x 208 mm), 13th century, Alexander Turnbull Library, MSR-16. (5343923271).jpg 735 × 1,024; 336 KB
Latin letter rum rotunda.svg 1,200 × 709; 7 KB
Latin thorn with stroke.png 750 × 535; 11 KB
Latin-breve.png 681 × 145; 7 KB
Latin-breve.svg 681 × 145; 82 KB
Margretepsalter.jpg 1,000 × 1,265; 851 KB
Murbach Hymns - 1st hymn - scan & transcription.jpg 1,580 × 1,374; 870 KB
Nachtwacht Utrecht - Het Utrechts Archief - Stadsbestuur Utrecht - Buurspraakboek, 5 december 1573 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "gecome" for "gecommen".jpg 521 × 285; 141 KB
Nachtwacht Utrecht - Het Utrechts Archief - Stadsbestuur Utrecht - Buurspraakboek, 5 december 1573 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "rotmr" for "rotmeester".jpg 489 × 161; 88 KB
Nachtwacht Utrecht - Het Utrechts Archief - Stadsbestuur Utrecht - Buurspraakboek, 5 december 1573.jpg 3,799 × 3,472; 7.3 MB
Notaelatinae 01.jpg 2,028 × 2,593; 300 KB
Notaelatinae 02.jpg 2,028 × 3,109; 496 KB
Notaelatinae 04.jpg 2,028 × 3,137; 383 KB
Notaelatinae 06.jpg 2,028 × 2,718; 359 KB
Notaelatinae00linduoft Page 03.jpg 2,028 × 3,074; 436 KB
Notaelatinae00linduoft Page 05.jpg 2,028 × 3,105; 417 KB
Notae latinae; an account of abbreviation in Latin mss. of the early minuscule period (c. 700-850) (IA notaelatinaeacco00lindrich).pdf 589 × 987, 532 pages; 31.28 MB
Peraldus Vices and Virtues (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "(p)auptas" for "(p)aupertas".jpg 121 × 75; 23 KB
Peraldus Vices and Virtues (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "bona volutas" for "bona voluntas".jpg 116 × 25; 19 KB
Peraldus Vices and Virtues (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "huitas" for "humanitas".jpg 119 × 36; 20 KB
Peraldus Vices and Virtues (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "muditia cord" for "munditia cordis".jpg 136 × 109; 26 KB
Peraldus Vices and Virtues (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "xpiana religio" for "christiana religio".jpg 104 × 33; 20 KB
Peraldus Vices and Virtues.jpg 1,167 × 871; 641 KB
Petrus Serrarius - Amsterdam Notariële archieven, archiefnummer 5075, inventarisnummer 3164 - November 15, 1662 (page 1 crop) - Scribal abbreviation "e" for "ende".jpg 113 × 101; 5 KB
Petrus Serrarius - Amsterdam Notariële archieven, archiefnummer 5075, inventarisnummer 3164 - November 15, 1662 (page 1 crop) - Scribal abbreviation "mitsgrs" for "mitsgaders".jpg 250 × 79; 6 KB
Petrus Serrarius - Amsterdam Notariële archieven, archiefnummer 5075, inventarisnummer 3164 - November 15, 1662 (page 1 crop) - Scribal abbreviation "Nots" for "Notaris".jpg 165 × 112; 6 KB
Petrus Serrarius - Amsterdam Notariële archieven, archiefnummer 5075, inventarisnummer 3167 - September 8, 1662 (page 1 crop) - Scribal abbreviation "Compten" for "Comparanten".jpg 252 × 111; 8 KB
Petrus Serrarius - Amsterdam Notariële archieven, archiefnummer 5075, inventarisnummer 3167 - September 8, 1662 (page 1 crop) - Scribal abbreviation "Nots Pub" for "Notaris Publique".jpg 307 × 126; 10 KB
Rel abbr.svg 631 × 145; 872 KB
Scribal expansion "en".jpeg 37 × 44; 3 KB
Scribal expansion "en"1.png 157 × 184; 10 KB
Scribal expansion "mar".png 100 × 85; 21 KB
Scribal expansion "tra".png 60 × 38; 3 KB
Scribal expansion "un".png 98 × 40; 18 KB
Text of Exeter Domesday Book of 1086.jpg 577 × 284; 52 KB
Trinity knight shield (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "c9vso" for "converso".jpg 61 × 28; 1 KB
Trinity knight shield (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "DS" for "DEUS".jpg 70 × 66; 2 KB
Trinity knight shield (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "fili" for "filius".jpg 63 × 59; 2 KB
Trinity knight shield (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "PR" for "PATER".jpg 53 × 54; 2 KB
Trinity knight shield (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "psev'antia" for "perseverantia".jpg 90 × 79; 3 KB
Trinity knight shield (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "SPS" for "SPIRITUS".jpg 62 × 55; 2 KB
Trinity knight shield.jpg 399 × 450; 60 KB
Truncation example exceptions - Abbreviations- .n. = enim, gi = igitur, n = non, l = vel, go = ergo, h = nihil.svg 162 × 192; 532 KB
Truncation gen.svg 342 × 47; 100 KB
Truncation spec example.svg 348 × 424; 455 KB
Truncation spec.svg 342 × 47; 111 KB
Verbod op gebak voor Sint-Nicolaas 1 tot 8 december - Pastry ban - Buurspraakboek Utrecht 16 november 1655 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "directel" for "directelijck".jpg 821 × 182; 107 KB
Verbod op gebak voor Sint-Nicolaas 1 tot 8 december - Pastry ban - Buurspraakboek Utrecht 16 november 1655 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "exe" for "executie".jpg 366 × 218; 70 KB
Verbod op gebak voor Sint-Nicolaas 1 tot 8 december - Pastry ban - Buurspraakboek Utrecht 16 november 1655 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "gul" for "gulden".jpg 415 × 213; 77 KB
Verbod op gebak voor Sint-Nicolaas 1 tot 8 december - Pastry ban - Buurspraakboek Utrecht 16 november 1655 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "Subt" for "Substituut".jpg 531 × 227; 96 KB
Verbod op gebak voor Sint-Nicolaas 1 tot 8 december - Pastry ban - Buurspraakboek Utrecht 16 november 1655 (cropped) - Scribal abbreviation "vbeurte" for "verbeurte".jpg 763 × 173; 91 KB
Verbod op gebak voor Sint-Nicolaas 1 tot 8 december - Pastry ban - Buurspraakboek Utrecht 16 november 1655.jpg 4,097 × 3,426; 6.22 MB

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