Abbreviation · Latin

What does ꝝ (-rum) mean?

-rum

the Latin genitive plural ending -rum (dominorum, aliorum). The sign began as a general mark that a word was cut short, and reading it as -rum made false names such as Sarum

Now and thenUnit 13

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

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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).