Tionscadal na Nod

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per (p with cross stroke)

Image:

Source: Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, MS 23 E 25 (1229) = Lebor na hUidre [s. xi/xii], p. 5aFile:

Letters displayed:

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Base form in image, without marks, as it may appear to the untrained eye.

Represents in Irish:

per

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Represents in Latin:

per / par / por

In the scribe’s mind or in normalised spelling.

Appearance

Build type:

Combination

Notational device:

Baseline symbol

Components:

At the baseline:

Alphabetic letters:

p (regular)

Represents: p (Irish)p (Latin)

Symbols:

cross stroke (subscript)

Represents: □(), □()r, (miscellaneous) (Irish)

Meaning

Represents:

In Irish: per

In Latin: per / par / por

Context

Language of text:

Latin; Irish

Comments:

For a discussion of the abbreviations for per, prae and pro, see W. M. Lindsay, Notae Latinae: an account of abbreviation in Latin mss. of the early minuscule period, c. 700-850 (1915): 175-186

See also

Examples in context:

Examples in other contexts, if available

eper (digraph)

Represents: eper (Irish)

Notational device: Digraph

Examples in context:

conepert, co n-epert

Entries related in meaning:

Possible equivalents matching one of the values in the transcription above, if available