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Abbreviation · Latin

What does dn̄s · dnus mean?

dominus · domini · domino

lord: the lord of the manor, or the Lord (God); the ending changes with case

CommonUnit 13

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

In practice lines

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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).