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A p with a crossed descender.
Also known as: Crossed p abbreviation, P with bar abbreviation
The scribal mark of a letter p whose descender is crossed, standing for the syllable per.
Stands for the syllable per in a Latin manuscript hand.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Belongs to a family in which the same letter p carries different marks for per, pro and prae, so one letter and three modifications cover three common syllables.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
The letter p with a short horizontal stroke drawn across its descender below the line.