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- adjective Of or pertaining to Marcus Tullius Tiro (died circa 4
BC ),scribe ofCicero and inventor of an earlyshorthand .
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(Later called Tironian Notes, it was used in Christian monasteries for centuries.)
BrothersJudd Blog 2010
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The Tironian et is quite rare, except in some Irish typefaces.
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The Tironian et is quite rare, except in some Irish typefaces.
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Tironian notes also accompany the signatures on twenty-seven diplomas; they represent the names of persons -- referendaries or notaries -- who assisted in the preparation and expediting of the document.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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These were the Tironian notes, the invention of which is attributed to Tullius Tiro, a freedman of Cicero (Suetonius, "De Viris illust. reliq.", 135), or to the poet Ennius.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The origin of this sign is a Tironian note; it arises from the joining of u with s.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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This is an important collection of fifty-five formulæ, drawn up after the fashion of the charters of Louis the Pious at the Abbey of St. Martin of Tours, between 828 and 832, The manuscript is written mainly in Tironian notes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913
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Ȝ, ȝ (yogh) ⁊ (Tironian ampersand) þ̵ (thorn with stroke -- also see below) ę (e with tail, “e caudata”) ẏ (y with over-dot)
Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts Joseph Hall
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Tironian (or shorthand) notes, which are of not infrequent occurrence in primitive Urkunden, both papal and imperial, and which have only begun of late years to be adequately investigated (see Tangl, "Die tironischen Noten", in "Archiv für Urkundenforschung", 1907, I,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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Paris) contains some tenth-century exercises from the Tironian manual (see Bib.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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