The Devonshire Manuscript/Appendix I: Paleographic Features

__NOTOC__ : A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also External links an baseline|left|border|x50px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "an" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature: {_a}. Details: a-tittle: line or double curve of abbreviation, tittle or tilde over a, often indicating omitted n or m. de left|baseline|border|70px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "de" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {d,}. Details: d with a descending hook, sometimes abbreviating de but more often otiose (Petti, p. 23). en baseline|x45px|left|border|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "en" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {_e}. Details: e-tittle: line or double curve of abbreviation, tittle or tilde over e, often indicating en or em. es bottom|left|border|x50px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "es" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {es}. Details: so-called swash e, a form for terminal es, is, or ys with looped descender (Petti, p. 23). ger Paleographical feature {g'}. Details: g with ascending stroke hooking backwards over the letter. gra Paleographical feature {gA}. Details: g with a curled or flourished u or a, sometimes only a serrated line, written above g and standing normally for gra. in left|border|x55px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "in" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {_i}. Details: i-tittle: line or double curve of abbreviation, tittle or tilde over i, often indicating omitted n or m. ion left|border|x30px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "ion" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {_on}. Details: on-tittle or ou-tittle: line or double curve of abbreviation, tittle or tilde over on or ou, often abbreviating ion or ioun, (Petti, p. 23) or ascending curl (Petti 22-3). mar left|border|70px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "mar" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {m'}. Details: m with final raised hook often standing for mer, mar. ne left|border|70px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "ne" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {n'}. Details: n with final raised hook often standing for omitted er and other times for ne, in which case the mark is generally otiose (Petti, p. 24). on left|border|x30px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "ion" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {_o}. Details: o-tittle: line or double curve of abbreviation, tittle or tilde over o , sometimes indicating omitted i, y, n, or m. our Paleographical feature {o+r+}. Details: shortened from our. pri left|border|x60px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "pri" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {p`}. Details: p with a superscript stroke like an opening quotation or i, infrequently abbreviating pri (Petti, p. 24). pre Paleographical feature {p'}. Details: p with a superscript hook, often standing for pre (Petti, p. 24). per Paleographical feature {p+}. Details: p with cross bar through descender, often standing for par or per (Petti, p. 24) or por (Cappelli xxx). per left|border|70px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "per" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {p1}. Details: p with convex curl (frown) through descender, made to the left and down and around through the shaft towards the right, often standing for par and per. pro Paleographical feature {p2}. later Details: p with a loop made from the base-line to the left and down to meet the midpoint of the descender, either not crossing it to make a convex or concave curl or crossing it; normally standing for pro. pro Paleographical feature {p3}. Details: p with concave curl (smile) through descender, made from the bottom up to the left and around through the shaft towards right, often standing for pro (the bottom half of 0 is concave, like an o with a tail given a quarter counterclockwise turn ). quod Paleographical feature {q+d+}. Details: double-letter abbreviation for quod using q and superscript d. re left|border|x50px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "re" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {r'}. Details: r with ascending hook, or connected apostrophe, indicating omitted e (Petti 22-3). ser Paleographical feature {{s}8}. Details: long-s with double curl made through descender to form an 8-shape, or with a / made through its descender, often a abbreviation of ser, sir, sur, or syr (Petti, p. 24). ter left|border|60px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "ter" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {t'}. Details: t with a superscript hook, standing often for ter (Petti, p. 24). tra left|border|60px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "ter" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {tA}. Details: t with a curled or flourished a, sometimes only a serrated line, written above t and standing normally for tra. the left|border|70px70px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "the" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {{th}+e+}. Details: two-letter abbreviation for the using thorn and superscript e. there Paleographical feature {{th}+er+}. Details: thorn plus superscript er standing for there. that Paleographical feature {{th}+t+}. Details: thorn plus superscript t standing for that. thou left|border|x60px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "thou" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {{th}+u+}. Details: thorn plus superscript u standing for thou. uer left|border|70px70px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "uer" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {u'}. Details: u with a superscript hook, standing often for uer. un left|border|70px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "un" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {_u}. Details: u-tittle: line or double curve of abbreviation, tittle or tilde over u, often indicating omitted n or m. us Paleographical feature {9}. Details: letter shaped like 9, Tironian abbreviation for initial con for terminal us or ous (Petti, pp. 23-4) and for terminal hook following consonants and indicating omitted us, os, is, s (Cappelli xxiv). ver Paleographical feature {v'}. Details: v with a superscript hook, standing often for ver. which left|border|x70px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "which" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {w+c+}. Details: double-letter abbreviation for which using w and superscript c. with left|border|70px|alt=Detail of scribal abbreviation for "with" in a 16th century manuscript." Paleographical feature {w+t+}. Details: two-letter abbreviation for with and superscript t. yn Paleographical feature {_y}. Details: y with a macron, indicating omitted n. See also Textual Introduction External Links Ian Lancashire, Renaissance Electronic Texts: Encoding Guidelines Manuscript Studies, Medieval and Early Modern University of Alberta course website on researching and interpreting early modern manuscript and print materials.