MRP: Transcription

Transcription

Editorial history

26/04/12, CSG: Created page

To do

Policy issues

Abbreviation

Representation of abbreviations, especially use of lines over single letters, parts of words, or whole words

Capitalisation

Standardize capitalisation for persons and places?

ISSUE: Capital/non-capital distinction hard to determine by non-expert palaeographer

Crossing out

Should crossed out or blotted out letters or words be indicated in transcription?

Dashes

Distinguish length and type of dashes used in manuscript?

ISSUE: Distinguishing space filling dashes from dashes used as hyphens or to show run over between manuscript lines?

Dots

Reproduction of dots, especially preceeding and following greek/arabic or roman numbers?

Page layout

How to indicate page layout, especially position of headers, signatures, and marginalia?

Paragraphs

Determining start and end of paragraphs in legal documents?

Punctuation

Recognition of, and reproduction of, mid-C17th punctuation, especially commas, semi-colons, colons, and double dashes ("=")?

Notes

Common abbreviations

A

a:gt
allon
arle
arlum

C

Cha: (Charles)
chrpty (charter party)

D

drōr (doctor)

H

hhds

I

interrte

L

L:i (pound sterling)
l:re

M

mo (moneth; month)
M:r

P

p (per)
pcell (parcell, parcel)
pt (part)

Q

q:t

S

s (shilling)
s:d; sd

W

w:ch (which)
w:th (with)

X

xr; X:r (etc)

Y

y:t

Common Latin phrases

A

Ad Interria
Ad Interrogatoria
Ad predeporta
Ad ult dicit
Arlate
Arlum
At interr con:ny di:ny at de gXXX

D

Dicit

E

Et alr nescit
Et alr referendo
Et fiat ut supra
Et interr ut supra
Et interrogotur con:m div:m et du quolet
Examinat ("this Examinat")

I

Imp:rm interroget:r
the lre interrte
INTERROGATORIA ministrata et ministrand ex parte et p partem William Browne testibus omnibus et singulis ex parte Edward Webb pductis sen pducendis sequuntur
Item Inter quilibi
Item Interroget:r quilet

P

P:rdeposita
Productus

R

Rendet
this Rendent

S

Super allagaconne

T

Testibus omnibus et singulis ex parte et p partem

Legal & commercial language (non-latin)

A

Accounted ("commonly accounted reputed and taken")

Actuary ("one of the Actuaries of the Admiralty Court of Bridges")

Allegation ("an allegation given against him on that behalfe of..."

Answereth ("he answereth & acknowledgeth" (HCA 13/19))

Account ("transported to Dunkirke for the accompt and adventure of this deponents"

Allon (abbreviation for "allegation")

Arle (abbreviation for "article", see arles for "articles")

Arlate ("onely one of the fowre English ships arlate" (HCA 13/19))

C

Condemned ("in case the sayd shipp the Morning Starr or Golden Starrbe condemned as prize)

D

Denison ("he is a subiect of this Commonwealth and a denison of England")

Deponent

F

fflandrian ("a fflandrian man of warr")

I

Interrogatory (ies) ("Crosse Interries")

K

Knoweth ("knoweth beleiveth or hath heard")

L

Libell ("the posiccons of a libell given ag:t him")

P

Persuaded ("verily psuaded in his conscience")

Possession ("quiet and peaceful possession [of property, such as a ship]")

Posic(c)ons ("he doth not beleeve y:e sd posicons to be true")

Precedent ("his p:rcedent answeres" (HCA 13/19))

Precontest ("his precontest")

Predeposed

Producent

R

Reall and true ("the sayd bill of sale is reall and the Contents thereof true")

Rendents

Referreth ("he referreth himselfe to the Acts & Registry of this Court" (HCA 13/19))

Rendent

S

Schedulate

Schedule (" hee was not prsent att y:e forming and figuring the said two schedules arlate")

Sign seale and deliver [a legal document, such as a will or contract] (" this deponent saw the sayd Samuel Travis sign seale and deliver the same as and for his Act and deed")

T

True owner ("true and lawfull owner and proprieto:r of y:e sayd goods")

Weights & Measures

B

Bags (pepper)
Barrells (e.g. raisins; "17 barrells of starch"; "some barrells of sugar carryed frō y:e howses of y:e producent towards y:e waterside to be so laden")
Baskets (e.g. raisins)
Boards (e.g. timber; "860 four foot boards)
Bundles (e.g. hemp; "68 bundles of hemp")

C

Cask ("28 Caske of Allom")
Chests (sugar)

H

Hogsheads (hhds; e.g. wines)
Hydes

- "at the time arlate the Boatswaine of the Little Lewis did being did (sic), being demanded what hydes were recd aboard the said ship reply and say three hundred and thirty or thereaboutes but that since hee haveing prsed his booke doth find that there were laden aboard the sd shipp in all but three hundred twenty one some where of were whole Dryed hydes in hayre, and some were sydes of Leather tann'd w:ch hee reckoned and accompted as hydes severally though in truth they were but half hydes" (HCA 13/19)

L

Last

- "he beleeveth that every last of y:e sd salmon conteined 12: barrels" (HCA 13/129)

M

Matt ("12 ?mattes of flaxe")

P

Parcel ("("a parcell of flax to be brought unto Roscoe")
Piggs ("piggs of silver") (HCA 23/19: the Mayfflower) ("Piggs of lead")
Pipes (of wine, e.g. Canary) ("10 pipes of sugar")
"some few ?Polacoes of Tobacco" (HCA 13/68)
Pounds (e.g. Cocheneal)

Q

Quarters ("quarters of wheat")
Quintalls (aka Kintalls)

R

Roll (e.g. tobacco)