Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

Look at the embossed scan on davidsch's blog. It reveals more than the raw scan:

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Embossed scans certainly make it easier to read but I am fearful that some of the finer detail might get lost in the process. Case in hand is the following word from the top of f17r:



The enhanced scans reveal the second letter under the bar to be the Latin letter z, but I think it's the glyph that looks like the number 8 with a tail. Note that this glyph is distinct from the glyph that looks like the number 8 without a tail. Both 8's appear both in the text and among the 17 glyphs of f57v.

In your opinion, is there any chance the second letter could be that glyph rather than the Latin z? The matter is relevant for my efforts to create a transliteration alphabet. Thanks.