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Previously, it was suggested (it seems it was JKP) that EVA-u is a hybrid of EVA-a & n. Such an intergrowth of neighboring symbols was often, especially when cursive Gothic. But the proposed example makes you think. What do you see in the red rectangle? I do not identify here EVA -l You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . EVA-u is explicitly written here, and "i" is added to it. But why is "i" tied to the upper tail "u", and not written after "u"?

This one doesn't look very much like a EVA-u, the loop is too low and too far on the right. It is true that the long leftward tail is missing on the EVA-l but this does happen sometimes: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. so EVA-al is not out of the question.

The TT transcript (on voynichese.com) does not use EVA-u: it is interpreted as EVA-a+n. I believe that there are many more instances where a stroke is shared between two adjacent glyphs, thus creating a ligature or "weirdo".

Example: EVA-ch+a in line 27v.3.