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Baseline symbols

This page assembles a variety of written symbols (mostly non-alphabetic) that occur at the baseline, such as Tironian notes, select allograph forms of alphabetic symbols, and punctuation marks.

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>		ar (q with stroke through descender)
		Represents: » ar (Irish) » quia, quam, quod, qu() (Latin)  » Notational device: Baseline symbol
	examples in context air are, que(?) arr arus iarum, íarum, íarom, íaram, iaramh tarb

>		cath, kalendae (.k.)
		Represents: » cath, kalendae (Irish)  » Notational device: Baseline symbol

>		ceann faoi eite (also ceann fa eite or in an earlier form, cenn fo eitte)
		Represents: » (marks continuation of text from the line below) (Irish)  » Notational device: Punctuation

>		colon with upward curve (positura)
		Represents: » (marks end of section) (Irish) » (marks end of section) (Latin)  » Notational device: Baseline symbol, Punctuation

>		con (reversed c)	» U+2184
		Represents: » con (Irish) » con (Latin)
	examples in context co n-epert, conepert conacht, Conacht conall, Conall conchobar, Conchobar no image available conn, con() connacht, Connacht

>		cross stroke through stem	» U+0334
		Represents: » ()□, □()
	examples in context ailill, Ailill ben, bene no, nó, ()l, uel, vel

>		Allograph of the letter e
		Represents: » e, e□ (Irish) » e, e□ (Latin)  » Notational device: Allograph » Allograph of:  e (regular letter)
	examples in context ae, ae□ cet, Cet de ea ea ec ed eg ei eo ep eper er, Er et, & oe oen re, re□

>		eius (inverted e)
		Represents: » eius (Latin)

>		enclosing punctus (abbreviating device)
		Represents: » □() » Notational device: Baseline symbol
	examples in context cath, kalendae cet, cét, céad colum cille, Colum Cille ed ón, eadh on, id est no image available míle, m() mortuus est rí, ríg, r() rosc(?), (marks out verse), (marks out special text form) rosc(?), (marks out verse), (marks out special text form) Uí, hUí

>		enim (Tironian note)
		Represents: » enim (Latin)

>		est (symbol 1)
		Represents: » est, aist (Irish) » est (Latin)
	examples in context esti, aisti quod est

>		eth (Tironian et with spiritus asper)
		Represents: » eth, eadh » Notational device: Superscript symbol, Baseline symbol
	examples in context cethra

>		Latin id est, Irish ed ón
		Represents: » ed ón, eadh on (Irish) » id est (Latin)  » Notational device: Baseline symbol

>		Irish ocus, Latin et, etc. (Tironian note)	» U+204A
		Represents: » ocus, agus, et, ead (Irish) » et (Latin)
	examples in context no image available éad ocus f, etf, et f etr, ocus r, et r no image available etcetera, etc. eth, eadh no image available eth, eadh te(i)t, té(i)t

>		per (p with cross stroke)
		Represents: » per (Irish) » per, par, por (Latin)  » Notational device: Baseline symbol
	examples in context eper

>		punctus and stroke (positura)
		Represents: » (marks end of section) (Irish) » (marks end of section) (Latin)  » Notational device: Baseline symbol, Punctuation

>		punctus with comma positura
		Represents: » (marks end of section) (Irish) » (marks end of section) (Latin)  » Notational device: Baseline symbol, Punctuation

>		r (rotunda)
		Represents: » r » Notational device: Allograph » Allograph of:  r (regular)
	examples in context cormac, Cormac dr or pr rr

>		us (symbol)
		Represents: » us, as, os (Irish) » us, et, () (Latin)
	examples in context agus arus fergus, Fergus gus imthechus ce, que acht, set, sed sus, sas, sed, acht, set tuicius, tuicios tusso

>		Latin vel, Irish nó, no (l with stroke)	» U+026B
		Represents: » no, nó, ()l (Irish) » uel, vel (Latin)  » Notational device: Baseline symbol
	examples in context ailill, Ailill