Consistent Approaches to Transcribing ManuScripts
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Table of characters

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Character Table

This table is currently limited to Middle Ages.

Class Character(s) Unicode Name Label Examples Allographs
Abbreviation (Strikes) đ U+0111 LATIN SMALL LETTER D WITH STROKE d + any desinence truncation Graphical Example
Abbreviation (Strikes) ħ U+0127 LATIN SMALL LETTER H WITH STROKE Graphical Example
Abbreviation (Strikes) ł U+0142 LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH STROKE Graphical Example
Abbreviation (Strikes) U+A751 LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH STROKE Graphical Example
Abbreviation (Strikes) U+A753 LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH FLOURISH Graphical Example
Abbreviation (Strikes) U+A759 LATIN SMALL LETTER Q WITH DIAGONAL STROKE Graphical Example
Abbreviation (Strikes) U+A775 LATIN SMALL LETTER RUM -rum Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example
Abbreviation (Strikes) U+1E9C LATIN SMALL LETTER LONG S WITH DIAGONAL STROKE Graphical Example
Abbreviation U+204A TIRONIAN SIGN ET Et Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example
Abbreviation & U+0026 Ampersand Et Ampersand
Abbreviation U+A76D LATIN SMALL LETTER IS -is Graphical Example Graphical Example
Abbreviation U+A76F LATIN SMALL LETTER CON con Graphical Example Graphical Example
Abbreviation U+2248 ALMOST EQUAL TO esse Graphical Example
Abbreviation ÷ U+00F7 DIVISION SIGN est/id est Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example
Abbreviation U+F1AC LATIN ABBREVIATION SIGN SEMICOLON -que/-bus/-m/-et Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example z,
Abbreviations U+2205 EMPTY SET instans example
Abbreviation U+2661 WHITE HEART SUIT coeur coeur
Combining Abbreviation ̧ U+0327 COMBINING CEDILLA ȩ = ae -ae -ae
Combining Abbreviation ̃ U+0303 COMBINING TILDE Nasalisation (-_m, -_n), suspension, contraction. horz. tilde horz. tilde
Combining Abbreviation ̾ U+033E COMBINING VERTICAL TILDE( -r, -er vert. tilde vert. tilde vert. tilde ͛
Combining Abbreviation ͣ U+0363 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER A a
Combining Abbreviation U+1DD3 FLATTENED OPEN A ABOVE a A Superscript Combined
Combining Abbreviation ͨ U+0368 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER C c
Combining Abbreviation ͤ U+0364 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER E c
Combining Abbreviation ͥ U+0365 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER I qui i
Combining Abbreviation ͫ U+036B COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER M m
Combining Abbreviation ͦ U+0366 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER O o
Combining Abbreviation U+F033 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER Q q
Combining Abbreviation ͬ U+036C COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER R r
Combining Abbreviation U+1DE4 COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER S s
Combining Abbreviation ͭ U+036D COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER T
Combining Abbreviation ͯ U+036F COMBINING LATIN SMALL LETTER X s
Combining Abbreviation U+1DD1 COMBINING UR ABOVE -UR-
Combining Abbreviation U+1DD2 MODIFIER US ABOVE -us, -os (does not replace MODIFIER LETTER US, below) -os
Combining Abbreviation ◌̃◌̃ LETTER + U+0303 & LETTER + U+0303 COMBINING TILDE on two consecutive characters ẽẽ = esse example example
Combining Abbreviation _̃̃ LETTER + U+0303 + U+0303 Two stacked combining tildes example
Combined Abbreviation ⁊̃ U+204A + U+0303 TIRONIAN SIGN ET + COMBINING TILDE Etiam Graphical Example Graphical Example Graphical Example
Superscript Abbreviation U+A770 MODIFIER LETTER US -us, -os -us -us
Ligature st - st example
Ligature .n. - - enim example example
Ligature qr - quia example example example
Ligature qd - quod example example
Ligature Et - Et example
Symbols U+2125 OUNCE SIGN Ounce example example
Symbols 𐆒 U+10192 ROMAN SEMUNCIA SIGN Semi-Ounce example
Punctuation U+00B6 PILCROW SIGN Content change §
Punctuation - U+002D HYPHEN-MINUS Hyphenation
Punctuation U+2215 DIVISION SLASH Diastole
Punctuation : U+003A COLON Punctus elevatus
Punctuation : U+003A COLON Punctus interrogativus
Reference mark U+2038 CARET Omission sign 'caret'(reintroduction of content)