(09-06-2018, 10:16 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So I just decided to open a random manuscript - You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. - and was able to find the following correspondent glyphs. Mostly the ones in the "final abbreviations" category.Koen, that seems a fair summary to my even more limited experience.
Would the following conclusions be correct?
What I mean with (4) is that in a "flowy" hand like the one below (early 15thC Spanish) you'll get the abbreviations and flourishes but not really the benches as they appear in the VM.
- EVA-l is rare as a non-numeral.
- EVA g, m, s, y, n are not particularly rare and generally used for abbreviating.
- Benches are not particularly rare and are generally ligatures.
- It's harder to find regular use of (2) ánd (3) in the same manuscript? (this is just from my very limited experience).
- Gallows still lack a decent parallel that coincides with (2) and (3).
With the gallows, being decorative and innovative by their very nature you would expect much variation so I guess that is why an exact match is harder to find.
As I understand it, grossly oversimplified, the medieval humanist hand evolved from Carolingan miniscule evolved from Visigothic miniscule which was heavy in gallows.
So in our favour is a much longer and earlier period to find examples. The manuscripts in question seem to come from Spain up to the Moorish conquest in the 12thC. The task is pleasant as these are truly gorgeous manuscripts!
An early genesis for the gallows would be right up your alley!
With all this, remember I am still only an egg so may be wrong.

