# Cappelli 1982: The Elements of Abbreviation in Medieval Latin Paleography

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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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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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