Thinking about anomalous gallows...

[-JKP-]

I'm currently working on an essay about the writing system in general, and it's got me thinking some of those fancy anomalous gallows. Has anyone considered that some of these may actually be ligatures of two different gallows? I know it's exceedingly rare to see two gallows in a row, but it's not impossible. The examples below are all top-line of a paragraph, so it makes sense that they would get the fancy top-line treatment, whereas the few other examples of two-gallows-in-a-row are not top line.

Yes, I've posted about that and have posted quite a few images, as well.  I don't know how easily I can find the thread. I'll try.

It's my belief that some are ligatures and some are simply embellished (like the ones with bumps and dots).


I have also mentioned that some of the ones that look like they might be ligatured gallows are combined and stacked in the Greek style rather than the Latin style.

I think some of the best examples are the ones that are combined in a "staircased" style, which is exactly how they stack letters like non-cursive gamma-gamma in Greek scripts.