(30-06-2018, 10:32 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I don't remember if this one was shared already, an explosion of loops:
11th century German Imperial script
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The fragment reads:
... ad presentis vitę tranquillitatem quam futurę beatitudinem promerendam profuturum non dubitamus. Quapropter omnium Christi ....
... industria, qualiter fidelis noster Wicrammus abbas venerabilis Fabariensis monasterii, quod est constructum ...
(01-07-2018, 05:08 AM)-JKP- wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.the line and loops on "abbas" indicate abbreviations (usually these loops represent "abbatis" and are drawn in many different ways and sometimes resemble benched gallows),
The word does not read "abbatis" but "abbas" hence the looping Bs are purely decorative Litterae Oblongatae, not abbreviations. I think it is important that readers and writers remember that most of us are amateurs, with no relevant formal training: we cannot reliably read ancient scripts and most of the things we write are wild guess. We are bound to make trivial mistakes (I often do). All statements that are not accompanied by unambiguous supporting evidence should always be taken as highly dubious at best.
Personally, I am happy to know I am ignorant: I think this gives me an opportunity to learn and research with an open mind.


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