penna
noun
a contour feather, as distinguished from a down feather, plume, etc.
pennae
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pluralof penna.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Moreover, if the probatio pennae on fol.53r is Carolingian,17 it would appear that the book had been in France at the beginning as well as at the end of the Middle Ages.
From A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York by E. A. (Elias Avery) Lowe
Suffice it to say that the list includes every carrion-feeder among flesh and fowl who assemble in immense flocks: "Nunquam tanto se vulture caelum Induit, aut plures presserunt aethere pennae."
From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Charles Thomas Cruttwell
And the palaeographer knows that any scratch or scribbling, any probatio pennae or casual entry, may become important in tracing the wanderings of a manuscript.
From A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York by E. A. (Elias Avery) Lowe
The entry is found in the upper margin of fol. 51r and doubtless represents a probatio pennae on the part of a notary.
From A Sixth-Century Fragment of the Letters of Pliny the Younger A Study of Six Leaves of an Uncial Manuscript Preserved in the Pierpont Morgan Library New York by E. A. (Elias Avery) Lowe
