Morten St George Theory

[-JKP-]

I'm pretty sure I did respond about this letter Morten.



I believe there's about a 70% chance that it is a "g". I know it looks strange to us, but that form of "g" that was used at the time. I have examples and I have also posted some on another thread.

For this style of "g", the scribe writes a "y" with a line over the top to create a "g". It's not a "y" with a macron. The letter "y" rarely has a macron, especially if it is standing alone. You have to read a lot of manuscripts to know this.

In fact, the letter "y" wasn't even that common (many scribes didn't use it, they used "i" instead or they used a symbol to replace the "y" if it was at the end).

The English used "y" quite frequently but they didn't write it like that. They had a preference for a curved tail going in the contrary direction (this is common in Anglicana script, which is a cousin to Gothic that was popular in England).


I'm not 100% certain it is "g" but  I do think it is the most likely interpretation.