A.R.S.A., Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy.

A.R.S.S. (L. antiquariorum regiæ societatis socius), Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries.

AS., Anglo-Saxon.

A.U.C. (L. anno urbis conditæ, or anno ab urbe conditâ), in the year of, or from the building of the city, viz., Rome.

B.A., Bachelor of Arts.

Bart. or Bt., Baronet.

B.C., before Christ.

B.C.L., Bachelor of Civil Law.

B.D., Bachelor of Divinity.

B.LL., also LL.B., Bachelor of Laws.