(19-06-2018, 08:50 AM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So... might I paraphrase that close familiarity with "is"-abbreviations could have created the mindset required for a scribe to play around with (meaningful?) loops added in a systematic way, thus giving rise to the gallows? As well ad some of the more fanciful/decorative loopy shapes added to some initials maybe.
I agree with JKP in general up to the final step where I am wanting to know exactly which form was bound to exactly which letter.
The best shape examples seem to come from Oresme but are in lower case. "Item" was almost convincing but the symbols failed to join up. JKP says he has better examples though.
If the scribe was systematic, then the capitalisation of the gallows could be for a very good reason other than aesthetics.
TLDR Yes.