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From: (Laura Lee Bayne-Slimp)
Subject: Re: Medieval Latin - Online Dictionaries-New Query
Date: 31 Mar 2002 20:44:58 -0800
References: <3ca69471.318495854@enews.newsguy.com>, <FRLp8.6215$ml2.476680@newsread1.prod.itd.earthlink.net>, <3ca7967c.384559185@enews.newsguy.com>


Hi Brian and Daniel,
I've managed to borrow an antique (1920s) edition of Capelli from SMU,
but had to return it when it was recalled. I've looked at the _Record
Interpreter_ (and photocopied quite a bit of it), but am concerned
about its reliability as what I'm looking at is French (Bersuire's
allegorical commentary), so I'm worried that the English shorthand
would be idiosyncratic. I know that, like monastic scripts,
abbreviations would vary depending on the conventions of the various
local scriptoria. I can puzzle through most of them with the
references I've managed to find, but have trouble when squiggles are
involved. Capelli is ideal because of its historical presentation of
the scripts and abbreviations. Any other copies being sold
(resonably)? Thanks to all for the advice (those who posted on list
and replied off list). Cheers. Laura

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