Transcription
To provide students with some guidelins for transcription
3. The Transcription Tool
3.1 Key to transcription tool
Old English | Latin | Example | |
Ampersand (&) | - | et | |
Tironian nota (7) | and | et | |
Abbreviations | [ ] | [ ] | q[uo]s |
Punctuation | IGNORE | IGNORE | |
Numerals (with dots) | .NUMERAL. | .NUMERAL. | .iii. |
Special Characters |
copy & paste | copy & paste | Æ æ Ð ð Þ þ Ȝ ȝ |
Anglo-Saxon g (ƽ) | g | g | |
Wynn (ƿ) | w | - | |
u | u | u |
For a full list of all the marks of abbreviation, suspensions and contractions used in medieval texts see A. Cappelli's Dizionario di Abbreviature Latine ed Italiane (Milano, 1912). You can find its online version here (opens a new window).