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Abbreviation · Raised letters

What does lʳᵉ / lʳᵉˢ · lre mean?

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letter(s), in the old spelling lettre: lʳᵉ with the r and e raised, or lre all on the line. Folger lines up to 1650 write l[ett]re about 90 times

Now and thenUnit 9

You’ll find it in letters and court records.

Examples

In practice lines

Examples of this one are on their way

Create a free Leo accountTaught in unit 9. Standard members get the whole course.

Listed in Jones, abbreviation tables (1688).

More raised letters

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).