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ivlia girardi · @ivlia
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The most convenient & succinct reference for scribal abbreviation is the book, meticulously-titled, “The elements of abbreviation in medieval Latin paleography,” and you may view an open access copy here:
kuscholarworks.ku.edu/handle/1
where you may also download a pdf of said book, if it so pleases.
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#eugepae #medievallatin #paleography #scribalabbreviation

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ivlia girardi · @ivlia
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Campanus of Novara compiled this definitive Latin version of Elements in the 13th century, and it contains the remnants of prior works ft. Adelard of Bath, Robert of Chester, Herman of Carinthia, et al., all of who fall squarely into the Medieval era. And so it follows, then, that it is written in . Which is still , but it is Latin written by someone who writes it as a second language, never as a first.
And when reading it, as one normally does, the difference is appreciable.

#medievallatin #latin

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