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"Whilst suffering in ffraunce, he thought always of the proverb 'Pan darffo treiglo pob tre / Da yw edrych tuag adre.'" |
1. Character splits (U/V/VV I/J)
2. Character merger/replacement (The disappearance of THORN into Y)
3. Character specialization of "DEGREE"
4. Character mergers (The various affiliations of ZED)
Appearance | Meaning | Grapheme | Capture |
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zodiac | zodiac | LATIN LETTER Z | zodiac |
omnez | omnem | LATIN LETTER M | omnem |
page z | page 3 | ARABIC NUMERAL 3 | page 3 |
zet | [y]et | LATIN LETTER YOGH | &yogh;et |
wasz | was | LATIN LETTER S | wasz |
z xvi | xvi [drams] | SYMBOL DRAM | &dram; xvi |
15 sz. | 15 shillings | {abbr mark rare collocation} | 15 <ABBR EXPAN="shillings">s.</ABBR> |
ii sz. | ii 1/2 | {abbr mark rare collocation} | ii <ABBR EXPAN="semis">s.</ABBR> |
qz | quart | {abbr mark rare collocation} | <ABBR EXPAN="quart">q</ABBR> |
oz. | ounces | {abbr mark common collocation modern survival} | oz. |
viz. | videlicet | {abbr mark common collocation modern survival} | viz. |
qz | que | {abbr mark or alloglyph of que symbol} | &abque; |
qz | quod | {abbr mark or alloglyph of que symbol substituted for quod symbol --by mistake?} | &abquod; |
omnibz | omnibus | {abbr mark common collocation ?amounts to symbol} | omni&abbus; |
hz | habet | {abbr mark} | <ABBR EXPAN="habet">h</ABBR> |
pz | patet | {abbr mark} | <ABBR EXPAN="patet">p</ABBR> |
sz | sed | {abbr mark} | <ABBR EXPAN="sed">s</ABBR> |
An open triangle in five writing systems
1 Pseudogreek
2 Pseudo-scruples
3 ÿ for ij
4 ¶ for parentheses
5 inverted semicolon for query mark
6 RECIPE or RESPONSUS sign for 'rotolo'
7 RECIPE for 'ratio' in math text
8 RECIPE or RESPONSUS sign for '-rum' abbrev.
9 JUPITER sign for RECIPE sign
10 History of ou ligature
a In early Greek printing
b In modern Greek graffiti
c 8 substituted in Algonquin
These differ in
But share a common rationale:
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