[split] Sanctae Mariae Moriae

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This might be better in a dedicated thread.

I agree Rene, I'd also like to know more first about the appearance of the "ae" ligature around c.1400. Still, I must say something like this also crossed my mind once, that perhaps the "x" in "Marix" was originally an "a" which was replaced to make it more spell-like. Looking into the significance and use of "Maria Moria" might be illuminating either way.
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I have collected "ae" ligatures. Unfortunately, not seeing an immediate need for them, I did not key them and I don't have time to look through 1300 sets of samples looking for them but, I will key them as I go along which means I can eventually pull them all out. Then I'll post examples.


On the subject of x making it "spell-like", this is not an unreasonable thought. The "-trix" suffix was added to many occult-related words.