The use of abbreviations by superscript letter in an early fifteenth-century manuscript of the Wycliffite Bible
J Grzybowska
The use of scribal abbreviations in medieval manuscripts was mainly dictated by the need to save space and time as creation a book both extremely costly time-consuming. One types used is abbreviation superscript letter. In this type one letter indicates ending given word, or, some cases, medial position. Both vowels consonants were superscript. They usually denoted, apart from actual written superscript, preceding vowel or &lt;r&gt;. According Cappelli (1929/1982), letters Latin word-final positions; however, it not uncommon for appear word-medially.&#x0D; main objective paper investigate an early fifteenth-century manuscript Wycliffite Bible (Mscr.Dresd.Od.83) on basis Gospel Matthew. Within there are vowels. However, cases these seem very specific contexts, whereas other contexts allowing much broader. possible reasons behind situation will be discussed within along with correspondence between spelling conventions manuscript.
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