Re: VMs: Latin abbreviations

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Larry,

At 14:52 10/07/2003 -0400, Larry Roux wrote:
> If you read some of Dee's manuscripts in Latin he uses abbreviations 
> extensively.  In fact, many documents that I have seen that is wordy and 
> not meant to be a "work of art" - such as bibles - use abbreviated words.

True - though remember that Trithemius found an "Armenian psalter" in Mainz 
(IIRC), which was actually written in Tironian notes: so, apart from a few 
morphological fossils (like p-bar, ampersand, etc) that remained in use, 
almost everyone had forgotten about the vast bulk of Tironian notae by 
(say) 1500 or so.

BTW, here's an interesting set of recent articles by Richard B Stoute about 
the (shorthand-like) manuscript found in 1823 by Joseph Smith Jr:-
        http://olivercowdery.com/smithhome/2000s/2001RBSt.htm

> As much as I hate the iconic world of modern kids emails ("B4 U go to the 
> mall..") I have to admit that this is an ancient practice.  Of course 
> modern people don't have to write by hand on expensive paper with 
> expensive ink and use a quill...

...we use expensive mobile phones and four less fingers instead. :-)

Cheers, .....Nick Pelling..... 


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