Abbreviation · Signs

What does ⁊ mean?

et · and

the Tironian et, a 7-like sign; used in gothic hands all through the period, and still common in Elizabethan secretary

Now and thenUnit 11

You’ll find it in registers, deeds and court records.

In practice lines

Examples of this one are on their way

Create a free Leo accountTaught in unit 11. Standard members get the whole course.

Listed in Wright, Court-Hand Restored (1879).

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Model letters: R. B. McKerrow, An Introduction to Bibliography (1927); Jean de Beauchesne & John Baildon, A Booke Containing Divers Sortes of Hands (1570 and 1581); Giovambattista Palatino, Libro nel qual s’insegna a scrivere (1550); and manuscripts in the Folger Shakespeare Library; all public domain. They stand in until Leo’s own model letters are drawn. Secretary letters typeset in Joscelyn by Peter S. Baker (SIL Open Font License).