In Egerton 747 a few abbreviations also appear to make use of dots. The most frequent one is .i. for "id est". See the transcription of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. by Iolanda Ventura You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
First line of attached detail: "amixtione kekabre, id est vernicis ..."
Last line: "Contra gomorream, id est involutariam ..."
Another example in this passage could be .No. for "Nota" (highlighted in red at the centre of the image). Two more occurrences of .No. appear in the first lines of the next page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
PS: these abbreviation dots appear to be placed higher than the baseline. Also, upon reflection, the use of two dots before and after the abbreviated word is different from a single dot marking truncation.
First line of attached detail: "amixtione kekabre, id est vernicis ..."
Last line: "Contra gomorream, id est involutariam ..."
Another example in this passage could be .No. for "Nota" (highlighted in red at the centre of the image). Two more occurrences of .No. appear in the first lines of the next page You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
PS: these abbreviation dots appear to be placed higher than the baseline. Also, upon reflection, the use of two dots before and after the abbreviated word is different from a single dot marking truncation.