They did not use an ell-shaped "s" at the ends of words*. Long-ess did not have a down-angled leg. The VMS letter at the end of "mel" is not written like "s".
Edit (addition). Here is an example of the letter "l", the letter "s" and the final-ess in scripts that are in a style similar to the text on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. :
![[Image: LetterLSFinalEss.png]](https://voynichportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/LetterLSFinalEss.png)
Edit (Aug. 7 addition): by this I mean they did not add a full or mostly-full loop to straight-ess or long-ess, it was usually straight across or slightly rounded.
Edit (addition). Here is an example of the letter "l", the letter "s" and the final-ess in scripts that are in a style similar to the text on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. :
Edit (Aug. 7 addition): by this I mean they did not add a full or mostly-full loop to straight-ess or long-ess, it was usually straight across or slightly rounded.
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