leo academyBeta
Handbook

Abbreviation · Latin

What does Dei grã · grā, grāt mean?

Dei gratia

by the grace of God (in regnal dates)

CommonUnit 13

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

In practice lines

Examples of this one are on their way

Create a free Leo accountTaught in unit 13. Standard members get the whole course.

Listed in C. T. Martin, The Record Interpreter (1910).

More latin

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).