Social:Breviograph
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A breviograph or brevigraph (from Latin: brevis, 'short', and Greek grapho, 'to write') is a type of scribal abbreviation in the form of an easily written symbol, character, flourish or stroke, based on a modified letter form to take the place of a common letter combination, especially those occurring at the beginning or end of a word. Breviographs were used frequently by stenographers, law clerks and scriveners, and they were also found in early printed books and tracts.[1] Their use declined after the 17th century.
Examples
Examples of breviographs:[2][3][4]
- & — et (e.g. &c = etc)
- ⋅i⋅ — id est
- ꝑ — per-, pre-, or par- (e.g. ꝑson = person)
- ß — ser-, sur-, or sir- (e.g. ßuaunt = seruaunt = servant)
- X — Christ- (e.g. Xian = Christian)
See also
- Acronym and initialism
- Palaeography
- Tironian notes
- Classical abbreviations
- Medieval abbreviations
- Scribal abbreviations
References
- ↑ Tannenbaum, Samuel A. (1930). The Handwriting of the Renaissance. Introduction by Ashley H. Thorndike. New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 125–134. OCLC 16731297. https://archive.org/details/handwritingofren0000samu/. Retrieved 2026-08-09.
- ↑ Zurcher, Andrew. "Basic Conventions for Transcription". English Handwriting 1500-1700: An Online Course. University of Cambridge. https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/conventions.html. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
- ↑ Reed, Melania Sánchez (2011). "Transcribing Mediaeval Science for Electronic Editions". in García Ruano, Javier. Current Trends in Anglophone Studies. Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. p. 134. ISBN 9788478001576.
- ↑ "Alphabet Abbreviations". Practical Paleography. Folger Shakespeare Library. https://folgerpedia.folger.edu/mediawiki/media/images_pedia_folgerpedia_mw/2/21/Alphabet_Abbreviations.pdf.
Sources
- Whitaker, Elaine E. (November 1992). "Lacunae and the id est Brevigraph in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 283". Manuscripta 36 (3): 191–199. doi:10.1484/j.mss.3.1414. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.mss.3.1414.
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