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RE: 116v - -JKP- - 02-06-2019
But I do care what I see elsewhere. I try to spend a part of every day reading medieval manuscripts in several different languages and I collect letter samples every day.
From this I learned that many scribes will use both double-story and single-story "a" in the same paragraph and often even in the same line (especially at the beginning of the 15th century). I wouldn't have known that if I hadn't looked at a lot of manuscripts.
I also adjust my thinking quite frequently. For example, when I first saw the text on 116v, I thought the "v" was out of character with the rest of the text, but I have learned that the backleaning (and rather sparse) "v" was not unusual and I even discovered the history of why it was written that way (a holdover from early medieval styles).
But I also care how THIS particular scribe does things (because no two scribes do everything the same).
And I honestly don't see how that letter between "m" and "l" can be interpreted as "ei". It is tightly bunched together and it is taller than the other letters (which is normal for double-story "a" but not for other lowercase letters).
This scribe tends to put larger spaces between each letter (larger than average) and often writes the "m" a little smaller. The "i" always has a long leading serif (a distinctive characteristic of this writer), and uses the style of "r" that almost has a gap between the stem and the crossbar. Also, the crossbar on the "e" is barely there and sometimes omitted (like the first "e" in "cere" on 116v). The same specific features are seen in the text on 116v.
![[Image: MallierAlone.png]](https://voynichportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/MallierAlone.png)
Do you have an example of "ei" bunched together like this (and taller than the other letters)?
I would like to see what you are seeing but I can't see "ei" here and will need to be shown an example so I know which strokes you are interpreting as each letter.
RE: 116v - Anton - 02-06-2019
RE: 116v - Helmut Winkler - 02-06-2019
RE: 116v - Monica Yokubinas - 02-06-2019
RE: 116v - Anton - 03-06-2019
RE: 116v - Monica Yokubinas - 03-06-2019
RE: 116v - Gavin Güldenpfennig - 15-08-2019
RE: 116v - Gavin Güldenpfennig - 15-08-2019
RE: 116v - -JKP- - 15-08-2019
RE: 116v - -JKP- - 15-08-2019