JKP, If we stipulate that Eva-k could have been formed from I + tis = Item, do you have any clues as to how the basic one legged gallows could have been formed?
FWIW while looking at the Visigothic manuscripts I came to similar conclusions i.e
1 p never loops that way (on the right) no matter what abbreviation is added
2 VMS p does not even look like a p
3 In any case p was on a descender
4 The nearest feature of interest was that capital T loops to the left with a spur on the right.
5 The characters with tall ascenders such as b,d, l etc all had spurs on the top, not loops.
I was thinking maybe with a cursive script we could get some loops but never on the right of the p. OTOH there were lots of the long macrons.
This was all irrelevant to the immediate task of finding a 100% accurate wild copy of the 4 basic VMS gallows.
TLDR I agree that the gallows look constructed. Maybe I should look again with that in mind.
Visigothic docs examined were from 600 - 1300AD with most round 850 - 1050AD. It was spine tingling to examine stuff that was old at the time of the Norman Conquest!
FWIW while looking at the Visigothic manuscripts I came to similar conclusions i.e
1 p never loops that way (on the right) no matter what abbreviation is added
2 VMS p does not even look like a p
3 In any case p was on a descender
4 The nearest feature of interest was that capital T loops to the left with a spur on the right.
5 The characters with tall ascenders such as b,d, l etc all had spurs on the top, not loops.
I was thinking maybe with a cursive script we could get some loops but never on the right of the p. OTOH there were lots of the long macrons.
This was all irrelevant to the immediate task of finding a 100% accurate wild copy of the 4 basic VMS gallows.
TLDR I agree that the gallows look constructed. Maybe I should look again with that in mind.
Visigothic docs examined were from 600 - 1300AD with most round 850 - 1050AD. It was spine tingling to examine stuff that was old at the time of the Norman Conquest!