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While translating a bit of Bellarmine's Controversies, a work from the end of the 16th century, I came across this sentence: "nam aliquando solemus vocare signa practica omnia illa, quȩ referuntur ad opus, sive mediatè, sive immediatè;..." I tried to google it, but I only found more examples. Here is the link to the print book: https://digitale.bibliothek.uni-halle.de/vd16/content/pageview/4150779 It is in the first column, Just above the C quart.

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    This is called the e caudata.
    – Cerberus ♦
    Commented Nov 27, 2021 at 0:19

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It stands for “quae”, here the nominative plural neuter of the relative pronoun.

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    Wait, but why? The same text uses quæ a short while later.
    – Sebastian Koppehel
    Commented Nov 26, 2021 at 18:16
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    @SebastianKoppehel. The typographer seems to use the shorter form in this already quite crowded line, and the longer form when the word-spacing is more generous. E.g. quae praeter a few lines further down.
    – fdb
    Commented Nov 26, 2021 at 18:28

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