[split] Half-spaces

[arca_libraria]

I agree with pretty much everything in the thread. I think any analysis of the VMS text has to take into account the variation in the spaces between the tokens/vords, but we all know that it's much easier to distinguish the intention of each space, and each scribe's individual quirks and preferences when we're familiar with the script, glyphs, and the language. 

The dots (medial punctae) in Caroline minuscule could be used in a few different ways. Sometimes scribes used them to break sentences down into clauses and grammatical units to help the reader; sometimes the dots were used as pause marks or breath marks for texts that were frequently read aloud; and sometimes as JKP said they were used to help make word separation less ambiguous.