The first half of the 15th century was a transitional period for quite a few things.
This may not explain the "a", but it's something to consider...
This may not explain the "a", but it's something to consider...
- In the very late 14th century and early 15th century, they were switching from double-story to single-story "a" and many scribes wrote it both ways in the same line.
- By the late 15th century, the double-story a was mostly obsolete for handwritten texts (although the printing companies designed typestyles that included double-story a, so it never disappeared entirely).
- The same with numbers, they were switching from the old style of Indic-Arabic numbers to the modern style and some scribes mixed up the two styles. The old style was almost gone by the end of the 15th century.


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