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Manu propria

Latin expression – "by one's own hand"

Manu propria
Summary

Latin expression – "by one's own hand"

Example of medieval manu propria
Jodoc Pein mppria in the Certificate of Nobility for [[André Falquet

Manu propria (Latin for '[signed] with one's own hand'; abbreviated m.p., mpp, mppr., or mppria) is a phrase sometimes used at the end of typewritten or printed documents when there is no handwritten signature. It is typically found just after the name(s) of the person(s) who would have signed the document if it had not been printed or typewritten.

It is also found in several ancient documents in front of or after the writer's signature at the end of the document.

History

Medieval period

Richly decorated manu propria signs were frequently used by medieval dignitaries and literates to verify the authenticity of handwritten documents.

18th century

mppria was commonly used in the 18th century. However, it was not only used for Latin documents.

  • Full autograph title-page of Symphony no.97 by Joseph Haydn which reads 'Sinfonia in C/di me giuseppe Haydn mppria. \overline{792}'
  • Nobility Diploma André Falquet

From the 19th century

Later, official documents were routinely accompanied by this abbreviation, for example, the declaration of war on Serbia by Emperor Franz Joseph from 1914 ends with m.p.

Usage today

By country

Some of the countries that still regularly use manu propria include:

  • Albania in official documents: d.v. (),
  • Austria: e. h. (),
  • the Czech Republic: v. r. () or occasionally the Latin abbreviation m.p.,
  • Germany: gez. ()
  • Hungary in official documents: s.k. (),
  • Slovakia: v. r. (),
  • Slovenia: l.r. ().
  • Serbia: s.r. ()

References

References

  1. Pufendorf, Samuel. Sam. L.B. a Pufendorf De jure naturæ et gentium, libri octo. Francofurti & Lipsiæ : Ex Officina Knochiana, MDCCXLIV. v. 1, page [3]. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/010431595
  2. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/3126938 Early Music, Vol. 10, No. 4 (Oct., 1982), pp. 496 and footnote nr. 5]: 5The contraction of ''manu propria'' and of the date is usual
  3. [http://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Diploma_Nobilitatis_Andrea_Falquet Diploma Nobilitatis Andrea Falquet]
  4. See e.g. Czech Technical Norm ČSN 01 6910 6910:2007 Úprava písemností zpracovaných textovými editory. [http://prirucka.ujc.cas.cz/?id=860&dotaz=vlastn%C3%AD%20rukou Online Language Handbook in Czech]
  5. See ''Oxford Duden German Dictionary'', 1990, p.337
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