Besides this, private sacra were attached to particular families; these passed to the heir with the succession and became a burden on him.
He in his turn conferred "genius" and the duty of "sacra familiae" to his childrenwhether by blood or by adoption.
The nomina sacra are written in contracted forms.
Another method employed was to abbreviate frequent words, such as the "nomina sacra".
The capital letters and nomina sacra are in red ink.
Classic "nomina sacra" abbreviations were employed by the scribe, with the typical linear superscript.
Writers readily formed ligatures and abbreviations for "nomina sacra", including diacritics called "karagma", which resemble "titla".
It has accents and breathings, the nomina sacra are written in and abbreviated way.
