There are of the order of 100 symbols that appear only once in the MS, but the majority of these 'look like' aberrant or malformed examples of the more standard characters. The few I showed are all clearly formed and do not look like existing characters.
For me, it is precisely the combination of a consistent character set over more than 230 pages, and some individual exceptions, that is a bit puzzling.
Some of them tend to prefer line-initial and line-final positions, but this is far from being a rule, and the first example I showed is not line-initial or line-final. (By the way, in my opinion we do not know if this is a single shape or an i with a flourish. It is not fundamentally different in composition from Eva-r. And either way, this makes no real difference with respect to the question).
There are also other things going on. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has a whole set of characters that appear (almost) exclusively on that page. To me, this gives the appearance of a copy of a source text that also included special symbols, e.g. zodiac or planet signs.
For me, it is precisely the combination of a consistent character set over more than 230 pages, and some individual exceptions, that is a bit puzzling.
Some of them tend to prefer line-initial and line-final positions, but this is far from being a rule, and the first example I showed is not line-initial or line-final. (By the way, in my opinion we do not know if this is a single shape or an i with a flourish. It is not fundamentally different in composition from Eva-r. And either way, this makes no real difference with respect to the question).
There are also other things going on. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has a whole set of characters that appear (almost) exclusively on that page. To me, this gives the appearance of a copy of a source text that also included special symbols, e.g. zodiac or planet signs.