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-JKP- · 29-08-2016, 07:53 AM

(28-08-2016, 05:39 PM)Botis wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Also the squiggle -- that symbol shows up in Cappelli as an abbreviation usually meaning er. (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..)

Yes, the squiggle is frequently "er" but also sometimes "ir" or "re". I have examples of all of them but unfortunately insufficient time right now to dig them up and post images.

Also of interest is the orientation of the squiggle. It's frequently vertical, but sometimes horizontal (same meaning) and I've even come across a couple of manuscripts (15th c if I remember correctly) where the scribes made a distinction between vertical and horizontal to distinguish between "er" and "ir", but this is quite rare, one usually serves for both and which one it is, is recognized by context.