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retroscribere

retroscribere [CL retro-+scribere] 1 to write further back. b (p. ppl.) written or mentioned further back, earlier in text. erat numerus signans primaciones lune ~bendus per unum diem ad correccionem kalendarii Bacon VI 56.  b 1555 pro majori securitate ~ptorum A. L. et T. F. ‥ nos consiliarii privati consilii regie majestatis ~pte (Doc. Phil. & Mary) EHR V 114. 2 a (litterae retroscriptae) written reply. b (apostolicum retroscriptum) papal rescript. a 1446 decanus ‥ certificavit per suas litteras ~ptas ‥ commissarium ‥ judicialiter sedentem Eng. Clergy 209.  b s1440 mandatum vestrum, immo verius, apostolicum ~ptum ‥ recepi Amund. II 3.

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