ꝑ

See also: Ꝑ, ᵽ, and Appendix:Variations of "p"

ꝑ U+A751, ꝑ LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER ← Ꝑ [U+A750] Latin Extended-D Ꝓ → [U+A752]

English

Letter

ꝑ (lower case, upper case Ꝑ) (Early Modern, siglum, rare)

1. Scribal abbreviation of ⟨par⟩.

   parliament → ꝑliament

   • c. 1570s – 1580 (date written), [Philip Sidney], “The First Booke or Acte”, in [T]he Countess of Pembrookes Arcadia [The Old Arcadia], folio 13, recto, lines 32–34:

     Over all this, hee ware a certeyne Mantell of like ſtuffe, made in ſuche maner, that coming vnder his righte arme, and covering moſte ꝑte of that ſyde, yt tuched not the lefte ſyde, […]

     For a transcription, see: Albert Feuillerat, editor (1926), “The First Book”, in The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia: Being the Original Version […] (Cambridge English Classics; The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; IV), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, →OCLC, pages 23–24.

2. Scribal abbreviation of ⟨per⟩.
   • 1526, [William Bonde], […] [T]he Pylgrimage of Perfection: […], London: […] Richarde Pynson […], →OCLC, title page:

     ⸿Here begynneth a deuout treatyſe in Englyſſhe / called the Pylgrimage of perfection: very ꝓfitable foꝛ all chꝛiſten people to rede: and in eſpeciall / to all relygious ꝑſons moche neceſſary.

   • 1527, William Tyndale, The Parable of the Wycked Mammõ […], [London]: [s.n.], published [1537?], →OCLC, folio vii, verso:

     He that hathe not this fayth, is but an vnpꝛofytable babler of fayth and woꝛkes / and wotteth nother what he bableth noꝛ what he meaneth, oꝛ whereunto his woꝛdes ꝑtayne.

   • c. 1570s – 1580 (date written), [Philip Sidney], “The First Booke or Acte”, in [T]he Countess of Pembrookes Arcadia [The Old Arcadia], folio 10, recto, lines 4–7:

     [T]his effeminate love of a Woman, dothe ſo womaniſh a man, that, yf yow yeelde to yt, yt will not onely make yow a famous Amazon but a Launder, a Diſtaff ſpinner, or whatſoever other vyle occupacyon theyre Idle heades can Imagyn, and theyre weyke handes ꝑforme: […]

     For a transcription, see: Albert Feuillerat, editor (1926), “The First Book”, in The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia: Being the Original Version […] (Cambridge English Classics; The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; IV), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, →OCLC, page 17.

Cornish

Letter

ꝑ (lower case, upper case Ꝑ)

1. (obsolete, siglum) Scribal abbreviation of ⟨pri⟩.

   privecter → ꝑvecter (“privacy”)

Italian

Preposition

ꝑ

1. (obsolete, siglum) Scribal abbreviation of per.
   • c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures]‎^[1]; copied, (manuscript), c. mid 13^th century, page 2:

     Lauꝺato ſie miſignore cũ tucte le tue creature, ſpetialm̃te meſſoꝛ lo fr̃e ſole, loquale ioꝛno ⁊ allumini noi ᵱ loi. Et ellu ebellu eraꝺiante cũ granꝺe ſplenꝺore. (Umbria)

     [Laudato sie, mi' signore, cun tutte le tue creature, spezialmente messor lo frate sole, lo qual è iorno, et allumini noi per lui; et ellu è bellu e radiante cun grande splendore.]

     Praised be you, my Lord, through all your creatures, especially the harvester brother Sun, which is the day; and you light us through him; and he is beautiful, and radiant with great splendor.

   • 1532, Niccolò Machiavelli, “Libro sesto”, in Istorie Fiorentine‎^[2], Bernardo Giunta, page 149.2:

     in una tõba fatta ᵱ cõſeruare frumento ſi naſcoſe

     [in una tomba fatta per conservare frumento si nascose]

     he hid in a vault used to store wheat

Latin

Letter

ꝑ (lower case, upper case Ꝑ) (Medieval Latin, siglum)

1. Scribal abbreviation of ⟨per⟩.

   superficialis → suꝑficialis

2. Scribal abbreviation of ⟨par⟩.
3. Scribal abbreviation of ⟨por⟩.

Preposition

ꝑ

1. (Medieval Latin, siglum) Scribal abbreviation of per.

Old French

Preposition

ꝑ

1. (Anglo-Norman, siglum) Scribal abbreviation of par.