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| Jt00 Newbie United States Joined 4516 days ago 28 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, French | Message 1 of 4 20 July 2012 at 3:23pm | IP Logged |
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I am trying to translate part of a Latin song (hymn, probably), but it is written in old script (i.e. some "s"s are
written as "f"s) and it has one letter I cannot recognize at all. Can anyone identify it? 
It's the letter after b that looks like a reversed "e" or something. Edited by Jt00 on 20 July 2012 at 3:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| LaughingChimp Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 4700 days ago 346 posts - 594 votes  Speaks: Czech* | Message 2 of 4 20 July 2012 at 3:48pm | IP Logged |
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It looks like some scribal abbreviation.
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| akkadboy Triglot Senior Member France Joined 5409 days ago 264 posts - 497 votes Speaks: French*, English, Yiddish Studies: Latin, Ancient Egyptian, Welsh | Message 3 of 4 20 July 2012 at 4:24pm | IP Logged |
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It's an abbreviation for -us-.
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| Jt00 Newbie United States Joined 4516 days ago 28 posts - 30 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian, French | Message 4 of 4 21 July 2012 at 5:50am | IP Logged |
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Thanks, that makes "manibus" instead of "mini b(e)". Now it makes more sense!
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