Paris, it's true that I interpreted the figure-8 as "s" on my most recent blog about f116v, bu if you look at some of my earlier blogs, I have also suggested that it might be a "d".
I've always assumed it was most likely one of these possibilities:
The figure-8 form of "d" is most common in France and Germany but is occasionally found in other areas in the 15th century.
The only reason I lean toward "s" on the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is because "portas" is meaningful and "portad" is less so and because there is already a conventional "d" shape in "oladabas" that differs from the figure-8. But I've never assumed this shape is definitely an "s" or even that the "d" in "olad" is actually a "d", just that they are more likely to be so (Occam's razor)
One of the possibilities for "oladabas" that I haven't had time to write about is "o la Sabath" if the shape that looks like "d" is actually "s" and the figure-8 is thorn.
I've always assumed it was most likely one of these possibilities:
- s
- d
- th
- hard-h (as in Hebrew)
- or a symbol for a sound that is not represented well by Latin letters.
The figure-8 form of "d" is most common in France and Germany but is occasionally found in other areas in the 15th century.
The only reason I lean toward "s" on the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is because "portas" is meaningful and "portad" is less so and because there is already a conventional "d" shape in "oladabas" that differs from the figure-8. But I've never assumed this shape is definitely an "s" or even that the "d" in "olad" is actually a "d", just that they are more likely to be so (Occam's razor)
One of the possibilities for "oladabas" that I haven't had time to write about is "o la Sabath" if the shape that looks like "d" is actually "s" and the figure-8 is thorn.