Vicky:
I am not a paleographer, but I find Capelli indispensable as a
reference when examining manuscripts and facsimiles:
Capelli, Adriano, _Dizionario di Abbreviature Latine ed Italiane_ (1979).
Italian is not necessary for reading the abbreviations and the Latin. If
you want a translation of the introductory materials, an English one is
available:
Heimann, David and Richard Kay, trans. _The Elements of Abbreviation in
Medieval Latin Paleography_ (University of Kansas Libraries, 1982).
Karen Jolly
History
University of Hawai'i at Manoa
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