28-07-2026, 07:43 PM
(17-07-2026, 08:09 AM)JustAnotherTheory wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I wonder whether the "porta8" word on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is actually a Latin abbreviated word:Another possibility is that the final sign is a sigmoid (closed) s (ꟙ) rather than an abbreviation mark. In some 14th- and 15th-century cursive hands the two shapes can be similar. In that case, the word would simply be portas.
The reason is that I found several examples of 14-15th century Latin manuscripts, with this exact word (ending in "8"):
Could someone who speaks good Latin translate what "porta8" could be in these cases? I suspect the "8" is an abbreviation.

