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Here are entered general works on abbreviations of words and phrases. Works on abbreviations pertaining to a topic are entered under headings of the type [topic -- Abbreviations.] Works on abbreviations pertaining to a topic in a language other than English are assigned two headings: 1. [topic -- Abbreviations. 2. Abbreviations, name of language.]
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Lexicon Abbreviaturarum Quae in Lapidibus, Codicibus et Chartis Praesertim Medii-Aevi Occurrunt; Dizionario di Abbreviature Latine ed Italiane, Usate Nelle Carte e Codici Specialmente nel Medio-Evo (in Italian and Latin; Milan: U. Hoepli, 1899), by Adriano Cappelli (page images at HathiTrust)
- Le Abbreviature Nella Paleografia Latina del Medio Evo (in Italian; Florence: Successori Le Monnier, 1891), by Cesare Paoli
- Lexicon Abbreviaturarum Quae in Lapidibus, Codicibus et Chartis Praesertim Medii-Aevi Occurrunt; Dizionario di Abbreviature Latine ed Italiane, Usate Nelle Carte e Codici Specialmente nel Medio-Evo (in Italian and Latin; Milan: U. Hoepli, 1899), by Adriano Cappelli (page images at HathiTrust)
- Clavis Diplomatica, Specimina Veterum Scripturarum Tradens, Alphabeta Nimirum Varia, Medii Aevi Compendia Scribendi, Notariorum Veterum Signa Perplura, cet. Singula Tabulis Aeneis Expressa (in Latin; Hanover, Germany: B. N. Foerster and sons, 1754), by Daniel Eberhard Baring, ed. by Eberhard Johann Baring, contrib. by Jean Mabillon, Burkhard Gotthelf Struve, Johann Wilhelm von Goebel, Daniel von Papenbroeck, Johann Nikolaus Hertuis, Thomas Ruddiman, Johann Gottlieb Krause, and Johann Wilhelm Waldschmidt
- The ABC Book: A Pronunciation Guide (current electronic edition), by Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (HTML at loc.gov)
- Introduction to Basic Legal Citation (electronic edition, 2011), by Peter W. Martin (frame-dependent HTML at Cornell)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Signs and symbols- Early Spanish Treasure Signs and Symbols (Garland, TX: Little Treasures Pub. Co., c1963), by William Mahan (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- A Book of Symbols for Camp Fire Girls (New York: Camp Fire Outfitting Co., 1915), by Charlotte V. Gulick (page images at HathiTrust)
- Semiotics for Beginners, by Daniel Chandler (frame-dependent illustrated HTML in the UK)
- The American Boys' Book of Signs, Signals and Symbols (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1918), by Daniel Carter Beard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Cross of the Magi: An Unveiling of the Greatest of All the Ancient Mysteries (New York: Roger Bros.; London : L.N. Fowler, 1912), by Frank C. Higgins
- The Unicode Standard, Version 3.0, by Unicode Consortium (HTML at unicode.org)
- The Cloisters Cross: Its Art and Meaning (New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, c1994), by Elizabeth C. Parker and Charles T. Little (page images and PDF at Metropolitan Museum of Art and Google)
- A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne, Quickened With Metricall Illustrations, Both Morall and Divine (London: Printed by A. M. for H. Taunton, 1635), by George Wither (page images at Penn State)
- Shakespeare and the Emblem Writers: An Exposition of Their Similarities of Thought and Expression; Preceded by a View of Emblem-Literature Down to A. D. 1616 (London: Trübner and Co., 1870), by Henry Green (page images at HathiTrust)
- Choice of Emblemes (without introductory materials or sidenotes), by Geffrey Whitney (illustrated HTML with commentary at mun.ca)
- A Choice of Emblemes, and Other Devises (London: F. Raphelengius, 1586), by Geffrey Whitney (page images at Penn State)
- Symbolic Objects in Contentious Politics (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2023), ed. by Benjamin Abrams and Peter Gardner (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)
- Learning the Radiotelegraph Code (first edition; West Hartford, CT: American Radio Relay League, 1942), by John Huntoon (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
- The Anglo-American Telegraphic Code to Cheapen Telegraphy and to Furnish a Complete Cypher (third edition; New York: Anglo-American Code and Cypher Co., 1891)
- The Phillips Telegraphic Code for the Rapid Transmission by Telegraph of Press Reports, Commercial and Private Telegrams, and All Other Matter Sent by Wire or Cable (Washington: Gibson Bros., 1879), by Walter P. Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
- Military Cryptanalysis (4 volumes originally issued 1938-1941; declassified version published 2005), by William F. Friedman (PDF files at nsa.gov)
- The Voynich Manuscript: An Elegant Enigma (Fort George G. Meade, MD: National Security Agency/Central Security Service, 1978), by M. E. D'Imperio (page images at HathiTrust)
- Fundamental Principles of the Baconian Ciphers, and Application to Books of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (typescript version; c1916), by George Fabyan
- Fundamental Principles of the Baconian Ciphers and Application to Books of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries (ca. 50-page printed version; c1916), by George Fabyan
- Lessons in the Greatest Work of Sir Francis Bacon of Verulam, Viscount St Alban (expanded version of his "Fundamental Principles of the Baconian Ciphers..."; c1916), by George Fabyan
- Cracking Codes with Python, by Al Sweigart (illustrated HTML with commentary at inventwithpython.com)
- Roadside Crosses in Contemporary Memorial Culture (Denton, TX: University of North Texas Press, c2002), by Holly J. Everett (page images at unt.edu)
- The Cross of the Magi: An Unveiling of the Greatest of All the Ancient Mysteries (New York: Roger Bros.; London : L.N. Fowler, 1912), by Frank C. Higgins
- The Non-Christian Cross: An Enquiry Into The Origin And History of the Symbol Eventually Adopted as That of Our Religion, by John Denham Parsons (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Military Cryptanalysis (4 volumes originally issued 1938-1941; declassified version published 2005), by William F. Friedman (PDF files at nsa.gov)
- Mathematics and Computation: A Theory Revolutionizing Technology and Science (prepublication version, c2019), by Avi Wigderson (PDF with commentary at ias.edu)
- Cryptography and Data Security (Reading, MA et al.: Addison-Wesley, c1982), by Dorothy Elizabeth Robling Denning (PDF at npos.edu)
- Cracking DES: Secrets of Encryption Research, Wiretap Politics and Chip Design (1998), by Electronic Frontier Foundation (HTML at cryptome.org and other sites)
- Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society (prepublication copy), ed. by Kenneth Dam and Herbert Lin (HTML and page images at NAP)
- Cracking Codes with Python, by Al Sweigart (illustrated HTML with commentary at inventwithpython.com)
- The Mathematical and Philosophical Works Of the Right Reverend John Wilkins (London: Printed for J. Nicholson, 1708), by John Wilkins (page images at Google)
- A Century of Emblems (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878), by George Spencer Cautley (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- Emblems, Divine and Moral, Together With Hieroglyphicks of the Life of Man, by Francis Quarles (page images at Penn State)
- Emblems of Love, in Four Languages, Dedicated to the Ladys (1680s), by Philip Ayres (page images at Penn State)
- Nuttelyck Huys-Boeck (second edition, in Dutch; Leiden: H. van der Deyster, 1769), by Jacob Cats
- Pia Desideria, or, Divine Addresses, In Three Books (second edition; London: Printed by J. L. for H. Bonwicke, 1690), by Herman Hugo, trans. by Edmund Arwaker (page images at Penn State)
- Phonophotography in Folk Music: American Negro Songs in New Notation (Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1928), by Milton Metfessel, contrib. by Carl E. Seashore (page images at HathiTrust)
- Die Harmonikale Symbolik des Alterthums (2 volumes in German; Cologne: M. Du Mont-Schauberg, 1868-1876), by Albert Thimus (page images at HathiTrust)
- Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse (London and New York: Longman, c1977), by Teun A. van Dijk (PDF at Wayback Machine)
- Linguistic Individuals, by Almerindo E. Ojeda (PDF at Stanford)
- What is Meaning? Studies in the Development of Significance (London and New York: Macmillan and Co., 1903), by Victoria Welby
- Sound-Signals (reprinted from the Annual Cyclopaedia; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1884), by Arnold Burges Johnson (multiple formats at Google)
- Telegraphic Signals: or Marine Vocabulary (London: Printed for T. Egerton, 1803), by Home Riggs Popham (page images at HathiTrust)
- The American Boys' Book of Signs, Signals and Symbols (Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Co., c1918), by Daniel Carter Beard (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Handbook of Military Signaling (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1917), by Howard A. Giddings
- A System of Marine Signals (New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1876), by S. P. Griffin (multiple formats at Google)
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