(26-05-2019, 11:41 PM)Anton Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Interesting example, this shape is a hybrid of S and 8
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That shape is based on Greek sigma, but some scribes swung the tail around far enough that it almost looks like figure-8 but usually never quite touches. Since the Greek-sigma is a very old form of ess, I wonder if the figure-8 ess perhaps evolved from it in certain areas.
Here's an example where 8-ess is used in a medial position and final-ess is a long-ess (this is unusual).
When I plot my data, I'll include info on this sample:
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While browsing You are not allowed to view links.
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I find it interesting for the two different
a-shapes, one of which has an open bottom.
'm' and 'p' also appear not too dissimilar from our marginalia. Other characters are rather different. One can also note that 'n' and 'u' are basically identical (see
multos? in the VMS).
It's a good sample. The "a" is quite close, and it is not an easy "a" to find. The "l" also.
The "e" is quite different. And it's a B-shaped final-ess rather than 8-shaped. The t is much straighter and more severe.
But... it's the same basic style for most of the letters.
Probably the same hand as on folio 111r which is annonated as "An added text on forecasting (fragment) with a lunar calendar (f. 111r) in Gothic cursive of the mid-14th century".
Note how in 111r the first two lines (looking like some rhymed mnemonics) are divided in syllables.
Interesting is the date 1442 in line 5, but it is in a different hand.
Thank you, Anton! The 1442 in the margin of You are not allowed to view links.
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I agree it could be the same hand as 55v. The open-bottom 'a' is quite rare: I can only see it at the very end "deo gr
a[tia]s Amen". The same shape also occurs as the 'ci' ligature in 'incipit' (first word in the detail).
There are good matches for the tailed 'h' and 'n'. The very long descender of 'p' is also nice. But of course there are several differences as well.
OT: nice Moons and Suns in the corners of the table
We can add that this calendar was prepared by a person from Paris, as follows from the last line which says something like "this calendar is prepared for Parisian doctors" or "by a Parisian doctor", or whatever (please correct me).
BTW, the Sun (?) reminds the shape in the centre of VMS f67v2
The spiral is a very common medieval way of saying, "This is the sun".
But... every once in a while I've noticed them use it to say, "This is a comet". Comet symbolism is quite varied, however.
The round thing with only four spiral lines seems to be several different things... sometimes it is the sun, occasionally a comet, and sometimes it represents bread.