02-01-2016, 10:24 AM
However, the concept of giving flourishes to letters, especially upper-case strokes, was an accepted scribal tradition in all European languages during the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance.
So the flourishes could simply be the scribe breaking up the monotony of writing as he progressed, with no other intent.
I remind you of this not to discourage the theory, but simply to point out that it's not unusual to see such flourishes in works of the era.
So the flourishes could simply be the scribe breaking up the monotony of writing as he progressed, with no other intent.
I remind you of this not to discourage the theory, but simply to point out that it's not unusual to see such flourishes in works of the era.