Just my humble opinion from looking at thousands and thousands of manuscripts and collecting more than 2,000 examples of the letter "d", but I don't think anyone would ever write a "d" like this (like the footed apostrophe) in the Middle Ages (even if they were trying to hide it)... the flow and shape, the extra curl to the left and down, are just wrong.
I think it's attached that way for another reason.
I'm not completely rejecting the idea because I think it's good to have as many ideas on the table as possible (and maybe it will turn out to be right), but I think there are other explanations that fit better.
I think it's attached that way for another reason.
I'm not completely rejecting the idea because I think it's good to have as many ideas on the table as possible (and maybe it will turn out to be right), but I think there are other explanations that fit better.