Scribal abbreviations, or sigla, are abbreviations used by ancient and medieval scribes writing in various languages, including Latin, Greek, Old English and Old Norse.
Malmesbury Abbey early 15th-century Latin Vulgate Bible manuscript of Book of Numbers 1:24–26 with many abbreviations, 1407. Lines 2 and 3 with expansions between [..]: g[u]lor[um] a vigi[n]ti a[n]nis & sup[ra] o[mn]es qui ad bella p[ro]cedere[n]t: ((verse 25)) q[ua]dragi[n].
Entries for Croydon and Cheam, Surrey, in Domesday Book (1086), as published using record type in 1783