26-05-2019, 11:55 PM
In the light of the renewed discussion of the final-8, I looked at You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and it occured to me that the "8" in "multos" is quite different from "8" in "oladabas" and "portas". The "8" in "multos" is just the very shape which is so common as final "s" in the manuscripts of the time. I have no doubts that it stands for "s".
The "8" in two other places (and in "valden" as well, but that's perhaps yet another story) is different. Not only it is different in shape, it is clearly different in the way it is put down on parchment. It is just composed of different strokes. Why? Is it not an "s", after all?
The "8" in two other places (and in "valden" as well, but that's perhaps yet another story) is different. Not only it is different in shape, it is clearly different in the way it is put down on parchment. It is just composed of different strokes. Why? Is it not an "s", after all?