Matches for the marginalia Latin script [IN OTHER MANUSCRIPTS]

[davidjackson]

MarcoP says
* "ff" for uppercase "f"

*The double FF for uppercase f in English probably comes from the Old English rune F. We commonly see it nowadays in old family names ie /Ffarington. But this appears to be a legal conceit from the late middle ages, which was later taken up by the families concerned when they traced their family histories in more modern times. The scribes thought it was "posh" to write with the names of nobility with a double character! See more You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. It doesn't seem to have existed in medieval English in this fashion ( Farington in medieval times, Ffarington by the 18ty century)
-Many English words starting "xff" come from the old Latin ad+ (to do) (ad+facere (to do+creation of children = affair), which morphed into aff in English via the French; OR came straight through from Latin (affectione=affection).
-Meanwhile, suffixes appear because English tends to duplicate the final consonant after a single vowel at the end of a base word. (Tiff, skiff, sheriff, puff, bluff). The final f is silent in all cases.