I definitely think there's a "straight" bench (in addition to the more common curved bench). There are places in the manuscript where it has very definitely been drawn that way, almost emphasized to be straight.
The rare character is not unusual in older texts (the one that looks like Greek lambda). It only seems to be rare in the VMS. I've seen it in Coptic, Greek, and several other languages. It sometimes represents A, sometimes lambda, sometimes other things.
I definitely agree that there's a long-c, a c-shape with a long horizontal stem. It's also been emphasized in quite a few places in the manuscript. It is sometimes benched, sometimes has a tail.
The rare character is not unusual in older texts (the one that looks like Greek lambda). It only seems to be rare in the VMS. I've seen it in Coptic, Greek, and several other languages. It sometimes represents A, sometimes lambda, sometimes other things.
I definitely agree that there's a long-c, a c-shape with a long horizontal stem. It's also been emphasized in quite a few places in the manuscript. It is sometimes benched, sometimes has a tail.