Examples of sigla in use in the Middle Ages:
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- A.D.—Anno Domini
- A.M.—Ave Maria.
- B.P.—Beatus Paulus, Beatus Petrus.
- CC.—Carissimus (also plur. Carissimi), Clarissimus, Circum.
- CL.V—Clarissimus vir.
- D.—Deus, Dominicus, Dominus, Dux. (plural: DD)
- D.O.M.—Deo Optimo Maximo.
- D.N.—Dominus noster.
- D.N.PP.—Dominus noster Papa.
- D.V.—Deus vult (God willing)
- F.—Filius or frater (plural: FF.)
- I.C. or I.X.—Jesus Christus.
- I.D.N.—In Dei nomine.
- KK.—Karissimus (or -mi).
- MM.—Magistri, Martyres, Matrimonium, Meritissimus.
- O.F.M.—Ordo Fratrum Minorum.
- O.S.B.—Ordo sancti Benedicti.
- PP.—Papa, Patres, Piissimus.
- PS.—Psalmus.
- R.F.—Rex Francorum.
- RP—Respublica.
- R.P.D.—Reverendissimus Pater Dominus.
- RR.—Reverendissimi.
- S.—Salutem or sanctus.
- S.C.M.—Sacra Caesarea Majestas.
- S.M.E.—Sancta Mater Ecclesia.
- S.M.M.—Sancta Mater Maria.
- S.R.I.—Sanctum Romanum Imperium.
- SS.—Subscripsi, sancti or sanctissimus.
- S.V.—Sanctitas Vestra, Sancta Virgo.
- TT.—Testamentum.
- U.F.—Felicissimus, Fratres, Pandectae (prob. for Gr. II).
- V.—Venerabilis, Venerandus.
- V.G.—Verbi gratia.
- V.R.P.—Vestra Reverendissima Paternitas.
Famous quotes containing the words list of, list and/or medieval:
“Shea—they call him Scholar Jack—
Went down the list of the dead.
Officers, seamen, gunners, marines,
The crews of the gig and yawl,
The bearded man and the lad in his teens,
Carpenters, coal-passers—all.”
—Joseph I. C. Clarke (1846–1925)
“Every morning I woke in dread, waiting for the day nurse to go on her rounds and announce from the list of names in her hand whether or not I was for shock treatment, the new and fashionable means of quieting people and of making them realize that orders are to be obeyed and floors are to be polished without anyone protesting and faces are to be made to be fixed into smiles and weeping is a crime.”
—Janet Frame (b. 1924)
“Our medieval historians who prefer to rely as much as possible on official documents because the chronicles are unreliable, fall thereby into an occasionally dangerous error. The documents tell us little about the difference in tone which separates us from those times; they let us forget the fervent pathos of medieval life.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)