MUFI Character Database |
Number of characters in database: 1530
Glyph | Entity | Numeric | Codepoint | Chart | Description | Version | Andron |
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&fscap; | ꜰ | A730 | LatExtD | LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL F | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꜰ | |
&sscap; | ꜱ | A731 | LatExtD | LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL S | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꜱ | |
The small capital ‘s’ (A731) is very similar to the small ‘s’ (0073). It is sometimes used to denote geminates in Old Icelandic, e.g. oꜱ = óss ‘river mouth’. | |||||||
&AAlig; | Ꜳ | A732 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AA | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꜳ | |
&aalig; | ꜳ | A733 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER AA | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꜳ | |
&AOlig; | Ꜵ | A734 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AO | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꜵ | |
&aolig; | ꜵ | A735 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER AO | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꜵ | |
&AUlig; | Ꜷ | A736 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AU | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꜷ | |
&aulig; | ꜷ | A737 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER AU | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꜷ | |
&AVlig; | Ꜹ | A738 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AV | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꜹ | |
&avlig; | ꜹ | A739 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER AV | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꜹ | |
&AVligslash; | Ꜻ | A73A | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AV WITH HORIZONTAL BAR | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꜻ | |
&avligslash; | ꜻ | A73B | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER AV WITH HORIZONTAL BAR | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꜻ | |
&AYlig; | Ꜽ | A73C | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER AY | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꜽ | |
&aylig; | ꜽ | A73D | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER AY | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꜽ | |
&CONdot; | Ꜿ | A73E | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER REVERSED C WITH DOT | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꜿ | |
&condot; | ꜿ | A73F | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER REVERSED C WITH DOT | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꜿ | |
&Kbar; | Ꝁ | A740 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝁ | |
&kbar; | ꝁ | A741 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝁ | |
&Kstrleg; | Ꝃ | A742 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH DIAGONAL STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝃ | |
&kstrleg; | ꝃ | A743 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH DIAGONAL STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝃ | |
&Kstrascleg; | Ꝅ | A744 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER K WITH STROKE AND DIAGONAL STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝅ | |
&kstrascleg; | ꝅ | A745 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER K WITH STROKE AND DIAGONAL STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝅ | |
&Lbrk; | Ꝇ | A746 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER BROKEN L | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝇ | |
Although described as ‘broken’, these two characters are ligatures from a functional and typological point of view. | |||||||
&lbrk; | ꝇ | A747 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER BROKEN L | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝇ | |
&Lhighstrok; | Ꝉ | A748 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER L WITH HIGH STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝉ | |
&lhighstrok; | ꝉ | A749 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER L WITH HIGH STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝉ | |
&OBIIT; | Ꝋ | A74A | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH LONG STROKE OVERLAY | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝋ | |
As pointed out above, the character 03B8 GREEK SMALL LETTER THETA in Greek and Coptic is sometimes used for rendering this abbreviation, but we recommend having a separate obiit character. | |||||||
&obiit; | ꝋ | A74B | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER O WITH LONG STROKE OVERLAY | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝋ | |
&Oloop; | Ꝍ | A74C | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER OE WITH LOOP | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝍ | |
&oloop; | ꝍ | A74D | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER OE WITH LOOP | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝍ | |
&OOlig; | Ꝏ | A74E | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER OO | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝏ | |
&oolig; | ꝏ | A74F | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER OO | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝏ | |
&Pbardes; | Ꝑ | A750 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝑ | |
&pbardes; | ꝑ | A751 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝑ | |
&Pflour; | Ꝓ | A752 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P WITH FLOURISH | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝓ | |
&pflour; | ꝓ | A753 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH FLOURISH | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝓ | |
&Psquirrel; | Ꝕ | A754 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER P WITH SQUIRREL TAIL | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝕ | |
&psquirrel; | ꝕ | A755 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER P WITH SQUIRREL TAIL | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝕ | |
&Qbardes; | Ꝗ | A756 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝗ | |
&qbardes; | ꝗ | A757 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER Q WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝗ | |
&Qslstrok; | Ꝙ | A758 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q WITH DIAGONAL STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝙ | |
&qslstrok; | ꝙ | A759 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER Q WITH DIAGONAL STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝙ | |
&Rrot; | Ꝛ | A75A | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R ROTUNDA | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝛ | |
&rrot; | ꝛ | A75B | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER R ROTUNDA | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝛ | |
&RUM; | Ꝝ | A75C | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER RUM ROTUNDA | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝝ | |
&rum; | ꝝ | A75D | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER RUM ROTUNDA | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝝ | |
&Vdiagstrok; | Ꝟ | A75E | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V WITH DIAGONAL STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝟ | |
&vdiagstrok; | ꝟ | A75F | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER V WITH DIAGONAL STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝟ | |
&YYlig; | Ꝡ | A760 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER VY | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝡ | |
The ‘y+y’ letter (ligature) was introduced by the Icelander Jón Ólafsson from Grunnavík in the 18th century. Cf. Jón Helgason, Jon Olafsson fra Grunna- vik, Copenhagen 1926. Due to its graphical shape, it has been called a ‘v+y’ letter in the Unicode Standard. | |||||||
&yylig; | ꝡ | A761 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER VY | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝡ | |
&Zvisigot; | Ꝣ | A762 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER VISIGOTHIC Z | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝣ | |
&zvisigot; | ꝣ | A763 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER VISIGOTHIC Z | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝣ | |
Þbar; | Ꝥ | A764 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝥ | |
þbar; | ꝥ | A765 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝥ | |
Þbardes; | Ꝧ | A766 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝧ | |
þbardes; | ꝧ | A767 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER THORN WITH STROKE THROUGH DESCENDER | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝧ | |
&Vins; | Ꝩ | A768 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER VEND | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝩ | |
The Medieval Nordic form of this character is based on the Old English character WYNN (01BF), but it is open at the top, and often has a dot above to distinguish it from ‹y›. It was used to denote /v/ and is always rendered with ‹v› in simplified transcriptions. Since it was borrowed from Old English, it is usually referred to as an Insular character, although it ultimately derives from the Runic alphabet. However, at the time of borrowing in the 11th century, the runic character ᚹ (16B9) had been replaced by ᚢ (16A2) in the younger futhark. | |||||||
&vins; | ꝩ | A769 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER VEND | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝩ | |
&ETfin; | Ꝫ | A76A | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER ET | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝫ | |
The two characters above are used as suspension marks in a number of contexts, e.g. for ‘et’ in ‘videlicet’, for ‘us’ in ‘quibus’, ‘omnibus’, for ‘ue’ in ‘ne- que’, ‘cumque’, for ‘m’ in ‘nam’, ‘omnem’, for ‘est‘ in ‘prodest’, ‘interest’, etc. In the paleographical literature, it is usually described as “a sign looking like the number 3”. It is difficult to find a wholly suitable name; the name proposed here takes the abbreviation of ‘et’ in ‘videlicet’ to be prototypical. | |||||||
&etfin; | ꝫ | A76B | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER ET | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝫ | |
&IS; | Ꝭ | A76C | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER IS | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝭ | |
&is; | ꝭ | A76D | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER IS | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝭ | |
&CONdes; | Ꝯ | A76E | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER CON | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝯ | |
Another form of the ‘con’ abbreviation character looks like a reversed ‘C’. This character, which also was used as a Roman numeral and as a Claudian let- ter, antisigma, has been listed under the character ‘C’ above. | |||||||
&condes; | ꝯ | A76F | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER CON | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝯ | |
&usmod; | ꝰ | A770 | LatExtD | MODIFIER LETTER US | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝰ | |
This character is positioned above the base line, the top aligning with the top of ascenders. | |||||||
&dtailstrok; | ꝱ | A771 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER DUM | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝱ | |
<ailstrok; | ꝲ | A772 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER LUM | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝲ | |
&mtailstrok; | ꝳ | A773 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER MUM | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝳ | |
&ntailstrok; | ꝴ | A774 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER NUM | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝴ | |
&rtailstrok; | ꝵ | A775 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER RUM | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝵ | |
&rscaptailstrok; | ꝶ | A776 | LatExtD | LATIN LETTER SMALL CAPITAL RUM | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝶ | |
&ttailstrok; | ꝷ | A777 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER TUM | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝷ | |
&sstrok; | ꝸ | A778 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER UM | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝸ | |
This character can also be used for the ‘soldi’ sign (see p. 157 below) | |||||||
&Drot; | Ꝺ | A779 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER INSULAR D | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝺ | |
&drot; | ꝺ | A77A | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR D | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝺ | |
&Fins; | Ꝼ | A77B | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER INSULAR F | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝼ | |
&fins; | ꝼ | A77C | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR F | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝼ | |
&Gins; | Ᵹ | A77D | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER INSULAR G | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ᵹ | |
&Ginsturn; | Ꝿ | A77E | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TURNED INSULAR G | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꝿ | |
&ginsturn; | ꝿ | A77F | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED INSULAR G | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꝿ | |
&Lturn; | Ꞁ | A780 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER TURNED L | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꞁ | |
<urn; | ꞁ | A781 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER TURNED L | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꞁ | |
&Rins; | Ꞃ | A782 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER INSULAR R | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꞃ | |
&rins; | ꞃ | A783 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR R | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꞃ | |
&Sins; | Ꞅ | A784 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER INSULAR S | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꞅ | |
&sins; | ꞅ | A785 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR S | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꞅ | |
The Insular ‘s’ can easily be taken for the long-stemmed Carolingian ‘r’, i.e. ‘ɼ’. For the latter letterform, we recommend using 027C in IPA Extensions. | |||||||
&Trot; | Ꞇ | A786 | LatExtD | LATIN CAPITAL LETTER INSULAR T | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | Ꞇ | |
&trot; | ꞇ | A787 | LatExtD | LATIN SMALL LETTER INSULAR T | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꞇ | |
&Frev; | ꟻ | A7FB | LatExtD | LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER REVERSED F | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꟻ | |
&Prev; | ꟼ | A7FC | LatExtD | LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER REVERSED P | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꟼ | |
&Minv; | ꟽ | A7FD | LatExtD | LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER INVERTED M | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꟽ | |
&Ilong; | ꟾ | A7FE | LatExtD | LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER I LONGA | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꟾ | |
&M5leg; | ꟿ | A7FF | LatExtD | LATIN EPIGRAPHIC LETTER ARCHAIC M | Uni.: 5.1 MUFI: 3.0 | ꟿ |
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