Letters and learning Book III, Chapter 10, Section 1
Chapter 10, Item 2a
Abbreviations
Breviations of words beginning with A
[Three pages of abbreviations omitted.]
By these few examples of Abreviations, the Ingenious practitioner may by Exercise find out of himself the sense and meaning of other short-hand words used in many Manuscripts. And for his further instruction, if he be desirous, he may peruse these following Authors, where he may find multitudes of such short writing.
Saint Jeroms Bible in a Ms. and other old Bibles, which are extent in Written hand before Printing was found out.
Valerius Probus, set forth with Annotations, by Erastius, and Tiliobraga.
Paulus Diacinus,
Aldus Manutius, Junior.
Franciscus Holtomanus.
Fredericus Limdembrogius.
Michael Misnieras.
Thomas Reinesius.
Johannes Mabillon de re deplomatica Lutetiæ, Parisiorum printed, 1681.
Sertorius Urjatus, a modern learned Antiquary of Padua, who hath Published a small Volum Book of that subject; and is sometimes bound up with the Book Entituled, Monumenta Patavina, set forth by him.
Claudis Hansquejus,[correctly Dausquii] in his Learned work De Orthographia, hath given very useful Introduction for the Reading of Ancient writtings in the Lattin Tongue and how to judge of the Antiquity of them and guess at the age wherein they were writ.
Traite des Inscriptions faux & Reconnuci sauces d'Escriture & signatures, published by a famous Writing-Master of Paris, 1666.
Thresor de l'Histore des Langes de le Vnivers, in Quarto. published by a learned President of one of the Parliaments in France, Anno 1619. wherein he gives the Alphabet of the most general known Languages, with Discourses upon the same.
But of latter years, our English Nation hath wholly lost both their Ancient Letter, and way of short Writing for publick concerns and make use of the Roman, English, and Italick, in all sorts of Printing: But for Writing Hands, Scriveners, Clerks, and Lawyers, make use of these several sorts of Letters, viz. Secretary or Mixt hand, Chancery or Set hand and Court hand: Which are those set down in the beginning of the following Engraven Plate [below].
To those are added two sorts of Hand writing more, which have the name and shew of Roman and Italian as they are Printed, yet are of a different cut, as those Examples with manifest. These are usually taught Women for their Writing.
[Continues with German, Nether Dutch, Polish, Swedish, French, Italian, Spanish, Greek and Hebrew letter forms, all with the pronunciation of the letter names.]
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