Oh that was strange!!
I started to add a new post, the editor opened, my browser crashed (my own fault, I had too many heavy-duty apps running), when it opened again to a blank editor window, I assumed it was still in "New Post" mode... I finished my post and saved it and then... when I looked at the thread, it had wiped out my previous post rather than adding a new one and overwritten it.
So... FYI, my previous comment belongs here, not up there and the old one (which said basically the same thing in slightly different words) has vanished into the ether.
This is just my personal opinion, but having looked at the text extensively while creating my transcription of the entire manuscript, I really feel the gallows part is usually added after. There are many many places where it has an "added in" look, where the baseline doesn't match or sometimes even sits on top of the crossbar or where it looks like it was squeezed in.
I started to add a new post, the editor opened, my browser crashed (my own fault, I had too many heavy-duty apps running), when it opened again to a blank editor window, I assumed it was still in "New Post" mode... I finished my post and saved it and then... when I looked at the thread, it had wiped out my previous post rather than adding a new one and overwritten it.
So... FYI, my previous comment belongs here, not up there and the old one (which said basically the same thing in slightly different words) has vanished into the ether.
This is just my personal opinion, but having looked at the text extensively while creating my transcription of the entire manuscript, I really feel the gallows part is usually added after. There are many many places where it has an "added in" look, where the baseline doesn't match or sometimes even sits on top of the crossbar or where it looks like it was squeezed in.