Click on button beside each word to indicate how it ia abbreviated in the text. |
A particular example of a super abbreviation on this page is the use of x as an abbreviation for xpi, which is itself an abbreviation for Christi. |
Calendar from a Book of Hours, c.1470. From a private collection. Photographs © Dianne Tillotson. |
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