Tironian notes
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Tironian notes are a form of thousands of signs that were formerly used in a system of shorthand dating from the 1st century BCE and named after Tiro, a personal secretary to Marcus Tullius Cicero, wh
A bilingual pay and display sign in Dublin with the Tironian et for the Irish agus ('and').
"Letter of Consolation for Departing Warriors", 9th century
R rotunda substituting for Tironian et in the abbreviation etc. at the end of the nobility title list. 1768
Irish Green postbox at Adare, County Limerick, with the P⁊Ꞇ (P&T) logo
Scribal abbreviation
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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
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