24-09-2025, 09:43 AM
My reason for suspecting this is quite a practical one.
95% of all words in the MS end with a character that is an i or a e with one of four "swirls".
That is:
n r l m
b s y g
Of the remaining (only!) 5%, the majority end with d or o.
Words ending o usually also exist ending y.
(Words ending d usually also exist ending dy).
We are talking about frequencies that are well within the range of possible scribal errors.
(Note that all this is my 'hunch'. Of course I have no proof that this proposed equivalence is valid).
95% of all words in the MS end with a character that is an i or a e with one of four "swirls".
That is:
n r l m
b s y g
Of the remaining (only!) 5%, the majority end with d or o.
Words ending o usually also exist ending y.
(Words ending d usually also exist ending dy).
We are talking about frequencies that are well within the range of possible scribal errors.
(Note that all this is my 'hunch'. Of course I have no proof that this proposed equivalence is valid).