01-06-2019, 09:20 PM
I can see why someone might read that middle letter on the VMS as ð. Besides the signature not being very clear, it's a very common abbreviation for "de" (and occasionally other short d-words) in medieval script. It is frequently written as "d" with a tickmark to the right side of the ascender (when written as a ligature, the "e" is nothing more than a brief stroke and almost disappears).
As for the à on the Dialecta Aristotelis book, it's quite a different shape and out of character with the other Jacobi "a" shapes, even for a letter written by itself. I'm not suggesting any conclusions about this, only pointing it out. You can't really tell much from one occurrence.
As for the à on the Dialecta Aristotelis book, it's quite a different shape and out of character with the other Jacobi "a" shapes, even for a letter written by itself. I'm not suggesting any conclusions about this, only pointing it out. You can't really tell much from one occurrence.