Morten St George Theory

[Morten St. George]

I think also that this letter is similar to a latin-g

In the following image, you can read a latin-y at the first letter of the first sentence
On the second sentence, you can read "noz subgez" ( = nos sujets in modern french. = our subjects in modern english).

The letter at the bottom of folio 57v is quite similar to the "g" of the word "subgez".

This excerpt is from Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, written in august 1441, Brussels.
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Hi Paris. I recently became familiar with the medieval "g". In fact, not long ago I posted here two of them from the Sigillum Doornenburgensis:



They look a little different from your "g" dated 1441. Are you able to give us a better date for either of these sigil g's?

The first "g" vaguely reminds me of the letter "D" found at the bottom of the penultimate page of their German publication:



It has no horizontal bar but I guess the hyphen at the end of the line can compensate for that. Recall the we found a helpful "H" at the bottom of the penultimate page of one of their many English publications; for some strange reason, they seemed to like the bottom of penultimate pages!

Curiously, in a subsequent 17th-century edition of their German publication, they changed the "D" to a "G" on the penultimate page:



And, as expected, there is no longer any need for a hyphen at the end of the line!

But in all seriousness, Paris, please let us know if you are able to find another medieval "g" that looks like the first sigil "g". Thanks, Morten