![]() ![]() Visigothic script has their own system of abbreviating words, one for the cursive variant, another for the minuscule variant, and another one too for the transitional typological variants of the script combining Visigothic and Caroline abbreviations. Therefore, departing from the same methods, a new whole system for shortening words began to be used to the point that not only each writing system but even some specific production centres or scriptoria employed their own distinctive set of abbreviations. ![]() most of the Tironian notes the notae iuris were preserved although not recognising their origin and being just used as abbreviations by suspension or contraction), while others were not only in vogue but also served as foundation for the development of almost all the medieval system ( nomina sacra). ![]() With the beginning of the Middle Ages, for each one of the national writing systems that preceded the expansion of Caroline minuscule –Visigothic and also Merovingian, Beneventan and Insular scripts –, the traditional Roman methods to shorten words started to be interpreted in a different manner corresponding to the evolution of writing techniques and different cultural contexts.Īlthough the basis was preserved, the active use of abbreviations made some fall into oblivion (ex. In this post, I will focus my attention on summarising how these methods were adapted throughout the medieval period, giving some tips on how to study them effectively. In the last post, I wrote about the origin of the medieval abbreviation system explaining briefly the techniques used by the Romans –classified as abbreviations by singula litterae, suspension and contraction, Tironian notes, notae iuris, and nomina sacra – for shortening words. ![]()
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