Here is an example of litterae elongatae used mostly for embellishment.
You'll notice that when a horizontal line connects two letters with a gap in between, it does not represent missing letters as would be true if these were long macrons:
![[Image: K.._MOM-Bilddateien._~Reichersbergjpgweb...32_r01.jpg]](http://images.monasterium.net/pics/76/K.._MOM-Bilddateien._~Reichersbergjpgweb._~StAR_12190318_32_r01.jpg)
Image credit: monasterium.net Urkunden (1137-1857) 1219 III 18 Legal Charter, 1219, housed in the Stiftsarchiv Reichersberg (Austria)
You'll notice that when a horizontal line connects two letters with a gap in between, it does not represent missing letters as would be true if these were long macrons:
Image credit: monasterium.net Urkunden (1137-1857) 1219 III 18 Legal Charter, 1219, housed in the Stiftsarchiv Reichersberg (Austria)