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What does xxᵐᵒ / Aᵒ … vᵗᵒ mean?

vicesimo (20th) · quinto (5th)

Latin ordinal endings raised after a numeral in dating clauses

CommonUnit 6

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

In practice lines

Examples of this one are on their way

Create a free Leo accountTaught in unit 6. Standard members get the whole course.

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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).