7. [-&]=_etiam_, [q3]=_que_, _quia_, and _quod_; [9] at commencement of a word=_com_ or _con_; [9]mitto=_committo_, [9]victo=_convicto_. This contraction is also printed thus, [c)]. [c)]=_concordia_ or _concessio_. In the middle or end of a word [9]=_us_, De[9]=_Deus_, reb[9]=_rebus_, Aug[9]ti=_Augusti_; also for os, p[9]=_post_, p[9]t=_post_. ************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 8. - and ~ are as in paragraph 1. ** ** ^ denotes the next letter is raised (so also in 12. below). ** ************************************************************************* 8. In Domesday Book 7=_et_, [-e]=_est_, [~s]t=_sunt_, [-M]=_manerium_, m^o=_modo_, di[~m]=_dimidius_, &c. ************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 9. [-;] is like a semicolon with ** ** a straight line through the middle. ** ************************************************************************* 9. _Est_ is sometimes written [-;] ÷. 10. Points or dots after letters often denote contractions, _e.g._ di. et fi.=_dilectus et fidelis_, e. for _est_, plurib.=_pluribus_. ************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 11. [?t] has a sort of streamer to ** ** the left and curling down. ** ************************************************************************* 11. [?t]=_et_ in later times. 12. A small letter placed over a word denotes an omission--p^ius=_prius_, t^i=_tibi_, q^os=_quos_, q^i=_qui_, &c. ************************************************************************* ** Transcriber's note: In paragraph 13. ~ is as in paragraph 1. ** ************************************************************************* 13. X[~p]s, X[~p]c, X[~p]o, stand for _Christus_ and its different cases. M[~e]= _Marie_. These are the most common contractions. There are many more, including numerous technical terms, which it would be useless for us to give for our present purpose. * * * * * {20} CHAPTER III _THE BLOCK BOOKS OF THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY_ (_continued_).