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[geoffreycaveney]

Okay... here's a question I don't think has been discussed on the thread (unless I have forgotten)...
Let's say for the sake of discussion that the first word is mallier and the second one is aller/allar or something like that. Don't worry about the small letters, only look at the ones with ascenders.
The "ll" in "mallier" is written the same way the Gothic "l" letters are written on 116v (inconsistent from one to the next but still a common way to write them with a loop).
The pair of ll in "aller/allar" is written the same way (Gothic ell with somewhat angular loop) but smaller (almost half as tall). Why?
This is not something I see in manuscripts and even when people are switching to a rougher cursive note style, they don't usually cut the height of the ascenders by such a significant amount. Then the next one is tall again, to match the first "ll", and the "h" in "hoc/hov" or whatever the next word is, is also full height.
What is up (or down) with that second word? This dramatic reduction in the height of ascenders is unusual.

Just to clarify something, and setting aside the "a" in "mallier"...you are certain that is "lli" and not "lh" as in "malher", correct? I just want to confirm this and make sure of the point for certain.