Kassel 2. Ms. chem. 13

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I wonder how long it took you to learn all of these.

A few years of reading Latin manuscripts for fun. The most common abbreviations can be learned in a few minutes, there are not many.

Or did you already have a Latin background?

Not really. They didn't teach Latin abbreviations in school and I forgot almost everything about Latin. School was more than 40 years ago...