Originally published in 1936, this book is intended to supplement W. M. Lindsay's Notae Latinae of 1915.Originally published in 1936, this book is intended to supplement W. M. Lindsay's Notae Latinae of 1915, which examined Latin abbreviations of the early minuscule period (circa 700850 AD). This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in palaeography.Originally published in 1936, this book is intended to supplement W. M. Lindsay's Notae Latinae of 1915, which examined Latin abbreviations of the early minuscule period (circa 700850 AD). This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in palaeography.Originally published in 1936, this book is intended to supplement W. M. Lindsay's Notae Latinae of 1915, which examined Latin abbreviations of the early minuscule period (circa 700850 AD). Bains reviews symbols employed in the following two centuries, as well as a few which were developed more fully as a result of the rise of learning and science in the twelfth century. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in palaeography.List of word-symbols; List of syllable- and letter-symbols; Description of manuscripts.