V with diagonal stroke

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V with diagonal stroke (Ꝟ, ꝟ) is a letter of the Latin alphabet, derived from V with the addition of a bar through the left stroke.

Usage

This letter is used in medieval texts as an abbreviation for vir, ver, and vere, as in Latin virgo, a maiden, or Portuguese ver, to see, conversa, conversation, or vereador, member of a town council.{{cite web|title=Proposal to add medievalist characters to the UCS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716181924/http://www.mufi.info/proposals/n3027-medieval.pdf |url=http://www.mufi.info/proposals/n3027-medieval.pdf |work=30 January 2006|publisher=International Organization for Standardization|access-date=4 March 2018|archive-date=16 July 2011}}Cappelli, Lexicon Abbreviaturarum, p. 383.

Computer encodings

Capital and small V with diagonal stroke is encoded in Unicode as of version 5.1, at codepoints U+A75E and U+A75F.{{cite web|title=Unicode Character 'LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V WITH DIAGONAL STROKE' (U+A75E)|url=https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/a75e/index.htm |publisher=Fileformat.info|access-date=4 March 2018}}{{cite web|title=Unicode Character 'LATIN SMALL LETTER V WITH DIAGONAL STROKE' (U+A75F)|url=https://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/a75f/index.htm|publisher=Fileformat.info|access-date=4 March 2018}}

References

Bibliography

Adriano Cappelli, [https://archive.org/details/LexiconAbbreviaturarum Lexicon Abbreviaturarum], J. J. Weber, Leipzig (1928).

Category:Phonetic transcription symbols

Category:Latin letters with diacritics