Meseems it is in its way a style of tachygraphy or short-hand such as I use to set down these pages. From Wordnik.com. [A different flesh]
It is believed that tachygraphy was known from very early times, and Xenophon is said to have. From Wordnik.com. [NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works] Reference
More than this, Innocent needed a secretary for his vast correspondence, and, struck with the tachygraphy of Kallias, had asked him to return to Rome after he had delivered his missives, and to take a permanent place in his household. From Wordnik.com. [Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom] Reference
Tironian notes and tachygraphy. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
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