02-07-2018, 07:25 AM
(01-07-2018, 09:30 PM)davidjackson wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.How common would it have been in this type of script to mix abbreviations with Litterae Oblongatae? Doesn't it lead to confusion?
I think it is a mistake to compare Imperial charters with something like the Voynich- The peculiarities of the script of I. ch. are mostly Echtheitsmerkmale, signs of authenticityt, kept as a secret in the chancery and the originals were kept under lock and key for obvious reasons. It is not likely someone like the V. author had ever seen one-

