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'''{{lang|la|Nota bene}}''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|oʊ|t|ə|_|ˈ|b|ɛ|n|eɪ}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|oʊ|t|ə|_|ˈ|b|ɛ|n|i}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|oʊ|t|ə|_|ˈ|b|iː|n|i}}; plural: '''{{lang|la|notate bene}}''') is the [[Latin language|Latin]] phrase meaning ''note well''.<ref name="nb">{{cite web| url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nota-bene| title=nota bene|publisher=CollinsDictionary.com| work=Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition| access-date=2012-10-22}}</ref> |
'''{{lang|la|Nota bene}}''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|oʊ|t|ə|_|ˈ|b|ɛ|n|eɪ}}, {{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|oʊ|t|ə|_|ˈ|b|ɛ|n|i}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|n|oʊ|t|ə|_|ˈ|b|iː|n|i}}; plural: '''{{lang|la|notate bene}}''') is the [[Latin language|Latin]] phrase meaning ''note well''.<ref name="nb">{{cite web| url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/nota-bene| title=nota bene|publisher=CollinsDictionary.com| work=Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition| access-date=2012-10-22}}</ref> |
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In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as '''NB''' and '''N.B.''', and in lower-case as '''n.b.''' and '''nb'''; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' first appeared in the [[English writing style|English style of writing]] around the year 1711.<ref>{{cite book |
In manuscripts, ''nota bene'' is abbreviated in upper-case as '''NB''' and '''N.B.''', and in lower-case as '''n.b.''' and '''nb'''; the editorial usages of ''nota bene'' and ''notate bene'' first appeared in the [[English writing style|English style of writing]] around the year 1711.<ref>{{cite book |
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| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NAvAQAAMAAJ&q=Joseph%20Addison's%20passions%20of%20the%20fan&pg=PA283| page=283 | title=The Works of Joseph Addison| first=Joseph| last=Addison| author-link=Joseph Addison| publisher=W. W. Gibbings| year=1891}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= |
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-NAvAQAAMAAJ&q=Joseph%20Addison's%20passions%20of%20the%20fan&pg=PA283| page=283 | title=The Works of Joseph Addison| first=Joseph| last=Addison| author-link=Joseph Addison| publisher=W. W. Gibbings| year=1891}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.gutenberg.org/files/12030/12030-h/12030-h.htm#section102| title=No. 102 Wednesday, June 27, 1711| first=Joseph| last=Addison| author-link=Joseph Addison| publisher=[[Project Gutenberg]]| year=2004}}</ref><ref name="etymology">{{cite web| url =http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=nota+bene&allowed_in_frame=0| title=nota bene| work=Online Etymology Dictionary| author=Harper, Douglas| access-date = 2016-03-02}}</ref> In [[Modern English]], since the 14th century, the editorial usage of ''NB'' is common to the [[legal writing|legal style of writing]] of documents to direct the reader's attention to a thematically relevant aspect of the subject that qualifies the matter being litigated,<ref name="legalterms">{{cite web| url=http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/glossary-of-terms#N| title=nota bene| work=HM Courts & Tribunals Service – Glossary of terms – Latin| publisher=Her Majesty's Courts Service, United Kingdom| access-date=2012-09-28| archive-date=2012-10-03| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003024620/http://www.justice.gov.uk/courts/glossary-of-terms#N | url-status=dead}}</ref> whereas in [[academic writing]], the editorial abbreviation ''n.b.'' is a casual synonym for ''[[footnote]]''. |
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[[File:18010319 Wife wanted ad - Maryland Gazette.png|thumb|right|275px|''Nota bene'' editorial usage: In 1801, the author of the “Wife-Wanted” newspaper advert used the uppercase N.B. editorial abbreviation to stipulate that only moral women need apply to marry him.]] |
[[File:18010319 Wife wanted ad - Maryland Gazette.png|thumb|right|275px|''Nota bene'' editorial usage: In 1801, the author of the “Wife-Wanted” newspaper advert used the uppercase N.B. editorial abbreviation to stipulate that only moral women need apply to marry him.]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:59, 25 June 2024
Nota bene (/ˈnoʊtə ˈbɛneɪ/, /ˈnoʊtə ˈbɛni/ or /ˈnoʊtə ˈbiːni/; plural: notate bene) is the Latin phrase meaning note well.[1]
In manuscripts, nota bene is abbreviated in upper-case as NB and N.B., and in lower-case as n.b. and nb; the editorial usages of nota bene and notate bene first appeared in the English style of writing around the year 1711.[2][3][4] In Modern English, since the 14th century, the editorial usage of NB is common to the legal style of writing of documents to direct the reader's attention to a thematically relevant aspect of the subject that qualifies the matter being litigated,[5] whereas in academic writing, the editorial abbreviation n.b. is a casual synonym for footnote.
In medieval manuscripts, the editorial marks used to draw the reader's attention to a supporting text also are called nota bene marks, however, the catalogue of medieval editorial marks does not include the NB abbreviation. The medieval equivalents to the n.b.-mark are anagrams derived from the four letters of the Latin word nota, thus the abbreviation DM for dignum memoria ("worth remembering") and the typographic index symbol of the manicule (☞), the little hand that indicates the start of the relevant supporting text.[6]
See also[edit]
- Annotation
- Obiter dictum
- Postscript
- Quod vide
- List of Latin abbreviations
- List of Latin phrases
- List of legal Latin terms
References[edit]
- ^ "nota bene". Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 11th Edition. CollinsDictionary.com. Retrieved 2012-10-22.
- ^ Addison, Joseph (1891). The Works of Joseph Addison. W. W. Gibbings. p. 283.
- ^ Addison, Joseph (2004). "No. 102 Wednesday, June 27, 1711". Project Gutenberg.
- ^ Harper, Douglas. "nota bene". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
- ^ "nota bene". HM Courts & Tribunals Service – Glossary of terms – Latin. Her Majesty's Courts Service, United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- ^ Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham, Introduction to Manuscript Studies (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007), p. 44.
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