Common Abbreviations & Special Characters

This table displays all the special character and abbreviation codes used in the document. For special characters that don't have an assigned Unicode, we refer to the MUFI character recommendation.

TEI Code (shortcuts)	Unicode	Display	Meaning/Expansion	Display in Word Document
ABBREVIATIONS
&amp7; or &Amp7;		7	Scribal version of the ampersand	et or Et
&virg;		/	Virgule	/
&virg-underdot;		/.	Virgule with underdot	/.
&non; or &Non;		nō, Nō	non, Non	non or Non
&in;		ī	in	in
&per; or &Per;			p or P with stroke through descender (per)	per Per
&con; or &Con;			con	con
&semp; or &Semp;		sēpre, Sēpre	sempre, Sempre	sempre or Sempre
&quanto; or &Quanto;		quāto, Quāto	quanto, Quanto	quanto or Qanto
&quando; or &Quando;		quādo, Quādo	quando, Quando	quando or Qando
&giorno;		giōno	giorno
&q-tilde;	q̃		q with a tilde above it
&q-macron;	q̄		q with a vertical line above it
&p-macron;	p̄		p with a vertical line above it
&b-combtild;	b︣		b with a vertical line above it
&p-dot;	ṗ		p with a small dot above it
ENTITIES / SPECIAL CHARACTERS
<g ref="#punctelevhiback"/>	.̒		PUNCTUS ELEVATUS WITH HIGH BACK
<g ref="#punctinter"/>		?	PUNCTUS INTERROGATIVUS
<g ref="#virgsusp"/>	 (MUFI)		VIRGULA SUSPENSIVA
<g ref="#visigz"/>	ꝣ		LATIN SMALL LETTER VISIGOTHIC Z
<g ref="#visigzunderdot"/>	ꝣ̣		LATIN SMALL LETTER VISIGOTHIC Z WITH UNDERDOT
<g ref="#brvbar"/>	¦		BROKEN BAR
<g ref="qbardes"/>	ꝗ		LATIN SMALL LETTER Q WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER
<g ref="pflour"/>	ꝓ		LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH FLOURISH
<g ref="parag"/>			PARAGRAPHUS

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