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The Elements of Abbreviation in Medieval Latin Paleography

Adriano Cappelli, 1982. University of Kansas Libraries.

An English translation, by David Heimann and Richard Kay, of the introduction to Adriano Cappelli's dictionary of Latin abbreviations, explaining how medieval scribes shortened words.

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What it's used for here

The procedure-fingerprinting survey uses its classification of Latin abbreviations, known through a Medievalists.net summary, when comparing the script with medieval shorthand systems.

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Cappelli, A. (1982). The Elements of Abbreviation in Medieval Latin Paleography. University of Kansas Libraries. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL6995323W
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