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The reason the chars are attached to a line is because some of these talismanic characters are eastern in origin. It's similar to the way most variants of Sanskrit are attached to a ine. You can also see the connection to Arabic chars.

The characters that cross the line of the char that looks like EVA-t are superimposed, as is common in Greek. It also happens occasionally in Latin but is much more common in Greek.


I'm very familiar with these characters. They can also be found in books of Kabbalah (both Hebrew and Latin) in various configurations (usually in connection with angel symbols, kabbalah, and necromancy, which use the same line-plus-small-loop conventions as the talismanic chars).

And, as I have pointed out, they are connected with repelling and attracting demons. There are demons on the folio you linked.


Many western books of kabbalah and magic that included similar symbols were burned in the Inquisition due to their connection with summoning demons and other spirit entities. We know this from reading chronicles and especially legal papers that detail the trials in which these books were confiscated and burned. Probably only a small proportion survived, but it's enough to get the idea of their content. Spirits were also connected with angels and, in turn, angels were connected with stars. That's one of the reasons the "angel" chars (lines and little loops) are similar to drawings of constellations and why astrology was also connected to magic.


These talismanic symbols, and talismanic-style symbols (based on the shapes but not necessarily the same meaning), are also found in Arabic books of ciphers and in Arabic books of talismanic versions of the Islamic alphabet.. Here are examples that include many loop-line shapes:

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 (I have seen a fairly large manuscript like this that is essentially the Arabic version of the Tranchedino collection in the sense that it's a compendium of alphabets, some of which are probably ciphers).


The Picatrix also has many line-loop forms. It's a combination of magic, prognostication, astrology, and other occult subjects:




In a symbol system that is expressly based on loops and lines, it is inevitable that some of the symbols will resemble VMS chars composed of loops and lines, but the talismanic symbols are closer to the VMS glyphs than some of the kabbalistic symbols because they were specifically used for writing spells and talismans (like the talismanic bowls I mentioned earlier).


Another example, which I believe is from Imam Ahmed Al Buni, who wrote about magic, and the connections between letter forms and astrology (especially the lunar mansions):



The symbols at the bottom, in red, are Arabic numbers (you have to read them right to left).


As you can see from the examples, most of the forms were created by combining lines with little loops at one or both ends. Often the lines cross over each other to create grids, cross-shapes, and boxes (some of which had additional occult significance due to their overall shape). There's every combination you can imagine.