I have not yet run across anything that explains diacritical marks in medieval through enlightenment Latin texts. I am using a volume of Le Clerc's Logica, from 1692 and often reprinted through the early 1700s, that can be found on Google Books (books.google.com) with the identifier (/books?id=YK2Zu3gsEmQC). There you will find words with a accent grave, such as: verò, à, cùm, propriè, quòd, verùm, vulgò, minùs, quàm, secundò, quò, merè, tertiò, imò, and aequè. You will also find words with a circumflex, such as these: figurâ, motûs, certâ, dictâ, auditâ, hîc, and usûs. Any explanation--or pointers to an explanation--of the use of these grave and circumflex accents would be appreciated.
diacritical marks in Latin texts (esp. medieval through enlightenment texts)
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Great! Just what I needed. I only wish that the article you pointed me to contained references to its source material. Thank you.
salvete!
My thanks too. It seems a little odd, however, that the otherwise informative article cited by exgerman omits Euler's Instituti calculi differentialis (of 1755) from his list of important scientific works.
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My thanks too. It seems a little odd, however, that the otherwise informative article cited by exgerman omits Euler's Instituti calculi differentialis (of 1755) from his list of important scientific works.
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